Comment House Rules
The Lincolnite welcomes your comments and feedback for each story we publish. Before you engage, here are the house rules for the commenting system:
How do I comment on The Lincolnite?
The Lincolnite uses a hybrid commenting system, tightly integrated with the Facebook social network. The easiest way to leave a comment is to login with your Facebook credentials, which is fast and secure.
Once you type in your comment, you can choose whether it will be cross-posted on your Facebook profile, and you’re ready to go.
If you do not have a Facebook account, you can create one for free.
Do you moderate comments?
Yes, The Lincolnite post-moderates all incoming comments. This means that they will go up on the site immediately as they have been posted, and our team will look over them periodically, to see whether they abide the code of conduct.
We reserve the right to remove any offensive or inappropriate comments, and will blacklist repeat offenders to maintain an informative conversation for our readers.
Which comments will you delete?
The Lincolnite will remove any comments that:
- are insensitive, abusive, off-topic, use excessive foul language;
- include ad hominem attacks including comments that celebrate the death or illness of any person, public figure or otherwise;
- contain racist, sexist, homophobic and other slurs;
- are solicitations and/or advertising for personal blogs and websites;
- are posted with the explicit intention of provoking other commenters or the staff at The Lincolnite;
- contains content that may infringe the copyright or intellectual property rights of others or other applicable laws or regulations.
Found an inappropriate comment?
If you spotted an inappropriate or offensive comment on The Lincolnite, then please email feedback@thelincolnite.co.uk with the story link and respective comment indications enclosed.
Think your comment was unrightfully removed?
If you think your comment on The Lincolnite was unrightfully removed, please email feedback@thelincolnite.co.uk, and we will review your complaint. Please note that comments are deleted permanently, and that you can resubmit at any time.
