The following is the commenting policy for this website, www.jeremybouma.com. Generally, comments will never be censored based on political or ideological points of view. Comments will only be deleted if they are abusive, off-topic, use excessive foul language, or include ad hominem attacks.
Comment Form Guidelines: The comment form must be filled in with a proper or legitimate sounding name and URL. No anonymous comments please. Comments using keywords, spam or splog-like URLs, or suspicious information in the comment form will be edited or deleted.
Email Privacy: Email addresses are required for commenting, and they are not published on the blog, nor shared. They may be used by the blog owner to privately contact the commenter.
Commenter Privacy and Protection: All email, snail mail, phone numbers, and any private and personal information posted in any comment will be deleted as soon as possible to protect the privacy of the commenter. To prevent such editing, never share this private information within the blog comment.
Language and Manners: This blog is “family friendly” and comments which include offensive or inappropriate language, or considered by me to be rude and offensive, will be edited or deleted. Please play nice 🙂
A Comment is Conversation: A comment which does not add to the conversation, runs of on an inappropriate tangent, or kills the conversation may be edited, moved, or deleted.
Limit Links: This blog is setup to automatically hold any blog comment with more than one link in moderation, which may delay your comment from appearing on this blog. Any blog comment with more than four links could be marked as comment spam.
How The Blogger Will Respond: Comments on this blog will only be responded to in direct response to the blog comment. I will not respond privately via email or other communication method to a blog comment, though I may respond as I deem necessary.
What To Do If Your Comment Does Not Appear: If you leave a comment on this blog and it does not appear in a reasonable time period, and you know that it does not violate these Comment Policies, please contact me, here.
No Personal Attack Comments Permitted: In the interest of fair play, no personal attacks are permitted in this blog’s comments. You may question or argue the content, but not attack the blogger, nor any other commenters. Failure to respect fellow participants on this blog could result in removal and permanently blocked access. This is pretty much a zero-tolerance policy, so don’t even go there.
Comment Spam: Any comment assumed to be possible comment spam will be deleted and marked as comment spam.
Commenters Blocked: Anyone who violates this Comments Policy may be blocked from future access and/or commenting on this blog.
All Rights Reserved: I, Jeremy Bouma, the blog owner, administrator, contributor, editor, and author, reserve the right to edit, delete, move, or mark as spam any and all comments. I also have the right to block access to any one or group from commenting or from the entire blog.
Hold Harmless: All comments within this blog are the responsibility of the commenter, not Jeremy Bouma, the blog owner, administrator, and author. By submitting a comment on this blog, you agree that the comment content originated as your own, and to hold Jeremy Bouma harmless from any and all repercussions, damages, or liability.
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