Editorial Policy
We accept stories and comments from anyone, both attributed and anonymous. We are selective about which stories we publish, but liberal about comments.
We reserve the right to edit comments for clarity and brevity, to remove comments, and to remove links within comments. When we edit a comment, we will mark the edit using [square braces], so readers will know it is no longer the same as what the commenter originally wrote. We prefer not to delete comments, but will do so when we feel they are spam or when, in our opinion, they contribute nothing to the site.
Like all web forums, we are unfortunately faced with an increasing number of spam comments. We moderate as well as we can, but we still make mistakes sometimes and delete comments that we shouldn't delete. If your comment is valuable to you, please save a copy yourself; we cannot take on the logistical burden of preserving copies of everything we delete.
Making matters worse is the fact that the line between spam and non-spam is increasingly fuzzy, because of the paid-link comment spam phenomenon (if you're not familiar with it already, see this article by one of our editors.) The consequence of this phenomenon is that we are forced exercise real judgement in deciding what is and isn't spam, and inevitably there are borderline cases. In such cases, our philosophy is that anyone can get their own web site, but this one is ours.
Finally, please remember that QuestionCopyright.org is primarily an advocacy site, not a discussion site. While we publish most comments, including those that point out relevant things we haven't thought of, and those that present counterarguments that will help us improve our advocacy, we sometimes decline to publish comments that we feel simply do not contribute to the site's mission.
