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Comment Terms

Best Practices

We welcome a frank and open discussion on the opinions of our contributors and readership. Be polite in your language and communication, keep your comments relevant to the article at hand, and do not insult any contributor or previous comment.

Libel

No comment may be defamatory, false, misleading, insulting, threatening, abusive, offensive, racist, sexist, homophobic or discriminatory in any way.

Privacy

Do not post an individual’s telephone number, email address or any other contact or personal details.

Advertising

Comments may not be used to advertise commercial products or services, or to promote a petition, event or campaign.

Disclosure

If you have a potentially contentious personal connection to a story, topic or author, you should disclose your connection or, where appropriate, withhold from commenting. Do not impersonate another person, e.g. an expert, another user or author, a member of Blueprint’s editorial staff, etc.

Removal of Comments

Comments that violate these terms may be removed or, if checked in advance, not published at all. If we do remove a comment, we will generally remove whole posts, or where necessary, whole threads. Comments that have been removed may not be resubmitted.

Reporting Violations

We support efforts to maintain a high standard of participation. If you see a comment that violates these terms, email webadmin@blueprintmagazine.ca. Please use this contact only for term violations, not simply because you disagree with someone’s point of view.

Suspension

We reserve the right to suspend or ban individuals form commenting at our discretion. Suspension length will be decided on a case-by-case basis. If you are banned from commenting, you may not circumnavigate the ban (e.g., comment under a different IP, name, etc.).

Adapted from the House Rules of the Daily Mail