North County Times/The Californian Blog Policy
Policies for Civil Online Discussion
Our growing online community discussion must be a safe place for you to enter, a healthy venue free of invective and personal criticism. So we follow these policies:
- All comments are screened by an editor prior to posting. Editors will not post any offensive language, defamatory statements, personal attacks or other questionable content.
- No slams against kids.
- No comments that aren't relevant to the story.
- Comments typically are not edited or altered. They are either approved for posting or declined, so authors should self-edit their content. Moderators may at their discretion make minor changes to a post if it fails to meet our standards. Such changes will be denoted with an ellipsis "..." when content is cut or brackets "[ ]" when content is added.
- Attempts to misrepresent your identity or impersonate any person will not be approved.
- Assertions of questionable or unrelated information will decrease the likelihood of approval. However we welcome such information in the form of news tips on our "Send News" tip forms.
- Posters may not include contact information or last names as we cannot guarantee the identity. No e-mail addresses or Web links to pages other than those on this site or to public governmental sites will be allowed.
- Keep the content clean and respectful of other readers. Please speak to the issues rather than attacking fellow commenters, as name-calling and invective are prohibited. If you see objectionable content, contact the moderators at .
- Note that IP addresses are conveyed with each submission, but they are not shared per our privacy policy.