My commenting policy

Recently, I've used my right to edit/delete a comment by an anonymous reader (AKA a "secret admirer", but the admiration doesn't feel heart-warming). Perhaps, a commenting policy is worth posting for my blog. As a reader, you are entitled to your opinion, which you are welcome to share. You can do it in a personal email directly to me and/or as a comment in my blog, but I retain the right to edit/delete it per this policy. Sounds serious, eh? Well, some people don't have common sense, sad to say.

I reserve the exclusive right to moderate all comments posted on my site, including but not limited to:

• Marking up comments that contain flames or ad hominem attacks against me or others in the community. Any comments that I decide are personal attacks against me or others. Such flames will be marked as deleted and linked to this page.
• Deleting comments that contain flames or ad hominem attacks against my family or friends. Repeat offenders will be banned by all available means.
• Deleting comments that are off-topic. Comments that are dramatically off-topic or do not contribute to the discussion of the posts (or any discussion that has arisen in the comments) will be deleted. Email is the best way to give me your opinion in these cases. Email me; ask me anything.
• Not all posts have comments enabled, and this is intentional. Some posts have comments enabled for a limited time, and then no more comments may be added; this is also intentional. Attempts to use one post to comment on another will be deleted.
• Deleting comments that contain offensive language. Repeated use of abusive and offensive language will be deleted and banned.
• Trackbacks are remote comments and are subject to these same rules.

Ultimately these rules are here to give me some control over my site.

Note: This commenting policy follows that recommended on Haloscan.