Comments Policy
Comments Policy:
- Commenters’ Names: The comment form must be filled in with a proper or legitimate sounding name. Nicknames and first-name-only are not acceptable. Email addresses must be functional and will be tested from time to time.
- Email Privacy: Email addresses are required for commenting, and they are not published on the website, nor shared. They may be used by the publisher to privately contact the commenter should the need arise.
- Commenter Privacy and Protection: All email, snail mail, phone numbers, and any private and personal information posted in any comment will be removed as soon as possible to protect the privacy of the commenter. To prevent such editing, never share this private information within the comment.
- Language and Manners: This website is “family friendly” and comments which include offensive or inappropriate language, or considered by the website publisher or editors to be rude and offensive, will be edited or deleted. Play nice.
- A Comment is Conversation: A comment which does not add to the conversation, runs off on an inappropriate tangent, or kills the conversation may be edited, moved, or deleted.
- Limit Links: This website is setup to automatically hold any comment with more than two links in moderation, which may delay your comment from appearing on this website. Any comment with more than four links could be automatically discarded as comment spam.
- What To Do If Your Comment Does Not Appear: If you leave a comment on this website and it does not appear in a reasonable time period, and you know that it does not violate these Comment Policies, contact the publisher.
- No Personal Attack Comments Permitted: In the interest of fair play, no personal attacks are permitted in this website’s comments. You may question or argue the content, but not attack the writer, nor any other commenters. Failure to respect fellow participants on this website could result in removal and blocked access.
- 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 website.
- All Rights Reserved: The website owner, publisher, and editors reserve the right to edit, delete, move, or mark as spam any and all comments. They also have the right to block access to any one or group from commenting or from the entire website. Further, comments may be closed on any article at any time.
- Hold Harmless: All comments within this website are the responsibility of the commenter, not the website owner, administrator, contributor, editor, or author. By submitting a comment on our blog, you agree that the comment content is your own, and to hold this site, The Presbyterian Church in Canada and and representatives harmless from any and all repercussions, damages, or liability.

