Providing comments helps us improve the site and establishes a forum for
readers. We have provided a policy on comments that we hope you will follow. Your
submission of comments indicates acceptance of this policy. We encourage discussion
on a wide variety of topics; please remember that comments posted represent the
opinions and perspectives of the persons submitting them. We do not always endorse
or agree with the ideas, views, or opinions voiced in these comments, but offer the
forum as a means to discuss topics of interest to you, our readers.
1. This is a moderated forum. Blueshift will monitor comments and
reserves the right to remove, edit or alter content that it deems inappropriate.
2. Submitting comments for posting on Blueshift constitutes
acknowledgement of and agreement to the terms outlined in this comments policy.
3. All correspondence received by Blueshift is considered intended for
publication unless otherwise indicated in the initial message from the writer.
4. Comments are intended for the readers of this website. Comments to the
articles and features of Blueshift are intended to elicit an exchange of opinion
and open dialogue on topical subjects in a civilized and open manner for all readers
to see.
5. Blueshift reserves the right to edit all comments for content.
Comments to articles and features of Blueshift should be relevant to the topic.
6. Comments that are abusive, offensive or those that contain profanity or
racist material etc. will not be posted. Name-calling, personal attacks, racist
comments, calls to violence, threats, or the use of profanity by any commenter will
not be posted.
7. Promotions for commercial entities or related commercial activity will not
be posted.
8. Blueshift has no obligation to monitor, edit, censor, or take
responsibility for comments. It may or may not act upon a violation of its comment
policy. Commenters should ensure that their comments are lawful and fall within the
stated guidelines.
9. We will remove personal e-mail addresses from comments prior to posting.
Comments FAQ
Comments on Blueshift are intended to elicit an exchange of opinion and
open dialogue.
Why do you moderate readers' comments?
Our goal is to provide substantive commentary for a general readership. By
screening submissions, we have created a space where readers can exchange
intelligent and informed commentary that enhances the quality of our news and
information.
While most comments will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive,
moderating decisions are subjective. We will make them as carefully and consistently
as we can.
What kind of comments are you looking for?
We value thoughtful comments representing a range of views that make their
point quickly and politely. We make an effort to protect discussions from repeated
comments either by the same reader or different readers. We follow the same
standards for taste as Blueshift demonstrates.
A few things we won't tolerate: personal attacks (on readers or writers),
obscenity, vulgarity, profanity (including expletives and letters followed by
dashes), commercial promotion, impersonations, incoherence and SHOUTING.
Additionally we will follow links provided in comments to see if the linked web
sites are held to the same standard as Blueshift and moderate if
necessary.
Do you edit comments?
Generally, no. However Blueshift reserves the right to edit all comments
for content, clarity, relativity to topic, and length.
What about criticism of Blueshift?
We welcome strong opinions and criticism of our work, but we don't want
Comments to become bogged down with discussions of our policies, and we will
moderate accordingly.
Anything else?
Submitting comments for posting on Blueshift constitutes acknowledgement
of and agreement to the terms outlined in this comments policy. This policy may be
revised in part or in full at anytime without notice.