Blog Comment Policy
Offensive Language / Personal Attacks / Flaming
Comments which contain language that I consider to be offensive will be edited or deleted entirely at my discretion. Personal attacks or inflammatory comments will be deleted. Repeat offenders may end up with a ban. If comments get too far off-topic I may edit/delete offending comments and close commenting for that particular post.
Pointless Posts
Comments like “She sucks!” or “I agree” are kind of pointless. Please, at least string a few words together to form a sentence 
Shouting / Flooding
Please don’t use all caps when posting your comments – IT LOOKS LIKE YOU’RE SHOUTING! If you’re trying to stress a point individual words in caps is fine. Continuously posting comments with the same text or thoughts is called flooding – posts like this will be deleted and users may receive a ban.
Linking to Sites
Please don’t leave links to your own personal website in the body of your comment. There is a place for linking to your website when you leave a comment. Linking to articles related to the Royal Family is permitted. To prevent SPAM attacks each comment can contain a maximum of three links. Any more than this and the post will end up in moderation.
To avoid long links getting stuck in the SPAM filters please consider using a free service such as TinyURL to shorten your link before posting.
Sometimes genuine links get caught as SPAM. We will do our best to approve them as soon as possible.
Impersonating Other Users
Not a good idea – the user will be dealt with via permanent ban.
SPAM / Referral Codes
It goes without saying but SPAM will not be tolerated. Users posting links which include referral code are expressly prohibited and will be edited/deleted at our discretion.
Comment Statistics
Statistics for our comments and articles on BritishRoyalWedding.com are available by visiting the Stats Page.
Smilies
Smilies are turned on – please use them sparingly! For a full list of smilies supported by this website please visit; http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Smilies
Gravatars
Gravatars (those little pictures that appear next to the comments) are enabled and commentators are encouraged to use this free service. For more details on setting up Gravatars please visit http://en.gravatar.com/ I’m happy to give limited support if you’re having trouble setting it up. Contact me (Steven) via the About page. **Gravatars are currently disabled**
More Information
For more information on commenting netiquette please read Lifehacker’s Guide to Weblog Comments.
(last updated 17.01.09)
