Thursday, July 22, 2010

Times Reiterates Its Comments Policy

Based on the comments of some readers over the past few weeks, it's clear there is still some misunderstanding of this website's comment policy. So let's revisit.

The Times was designed to facilitate lively discussion. We value the feedback from our readers. However, the Times will not publish the following:

* Comments with blatant personal attacks. (Constructive criticism of decisions or performance by public figures -- including elected officials or members of the media -- will be permitted as long as done tastefully, without libel or "unverifiable hearsay.");

* Comments using racial, ethnic or religious slurs; or obscenity or profanity (including expletives with dashes/symbols);

* Abusive, threatening or inappropriate remarks;

* Incoherent communications;

* Spam and unsolicited advertisements;

* Comments with absolutely no connections to the topic of the Times story.

It should be noted again that all comments on this blog are the responsibility of the commenter, not the Times staff or its editors. By submitting a comment to the Times, you agree that the comment content is your own.

2 comments:

  1. This post has been up since thursday and no comments.I guess if you have nothing good to see don't say anything.I live in Arizona and log on everyday to this blog and first thing I look at what the weather is like.Its not happening in Dorchester,but the Wilber Czech Festival is big time and always great,as is anything that happens in Saline County.

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  2. Wasn't there a case of rabies close to Dorchester. According to the Crete News. Why was there no mention of it? Shouldn't area residence be notified that they should be wary of wild animals in the area? I realize the animals were put down, but the skunk got it from something. This rural home was probably not its first stop.

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