Comments Policy

Commenting seems pretty straightforward. But then again, sometimes it isn’t. If you’ve had a comment not approved, a reason may be listed here. Also, my privacy policies (I don’t sell or rent your info) are listed here.

• Comment Spam/ Self Promotion Spam (This is becoming a problem): Any comment assumed to be possible comment spam will be deleted and marked as comment spam. This includes a self-plug advertising comment, which is a comment that whose purpose to is to plug your own web site, product, blog, etc., and has little or no reference to the actual blog entry. ***If you would like a shot at free publicity, don’t self-plug spam. Instead email me at nfpblog@gmail.com to pitch your product/ web site/ blog review/ class***
• Generic Comments: Unless you’re a frequent commenter, I have no way to determine the difference between generic comments and self-plug spam. So comments to the effect of “great blog post,” “I’ve been looking for this,” etc. will be treating as self-plug spam will be deleted. I don’t want to discourage readers, but if you do have something positive (or negative) to say, it’s much more helpful if you say what it is about the blog post that was helpful.
• Comment Form Guidelines: The comment form must be filled in with a proper or legitimate sounding name and URL. Comments using keywords, spam or splog-like URLs, or suspicious information in the comment form will be edited or deleted.
• Email Privacy: Email addresses are required for commenting, and they are not published on the blog, nor shared. They may be used by the blog owner to privately contact the commenter.
• Commenter Privacy and Protection: All email, snail mail, phone numbers, and any private and personal information posted in any comment will be deleted as soon as possible to protect the privacy of the commenter. To prevent such editing, never share this private information within the blog comment.
• Language and Manners: This blog is “family friendly” and comments which include offensive or inappropriate language, or considered by the blog owner and administrator to be rude and offensive, will be edited or deleted. Play nice. Constructive and charitable criticism is of a person’s statement or opinion is allowed, but name-calling and judgement of a person or their character is forbade–first by the Commandments, and second by this blog owner. Think: would I say this to a stranger’s face? If not, you probably shouldn’t publish it.
• A Comment is Conversation: A comment which does not add to the conversation, runs of on an inappropriate tangent, could be a chapter of a book, or kills the conversation may be edited, moved, or deleted.
• Limit Links: This blog is setup to automatically hold any blog comment with more than two links in moderation, which may delay your comment from appearing on this blog. Any blog comment with more than four links could be marked as comment spam.
• What To Do If Your Comment Does Not Appear: If you leave a comment on this blog and it does not appear in a reasonable time period, and you know that it does not violate these Comment Policies, contact the blogger  at nfpblog@gmail.com.
• No Personal Attach Comments Permitted: In the interest of fair play, no personal attacks are permitted in this blog’s comments. You may question or argue the content, but not attack the blogger, nor any other commenters. Failure to respect fellow participants on this blog could result in removal and blocked access.
• Commenters Blocked: Anyone who violates this Comments Policy may be blocked from future access and/or commenting on this blog.
• All Rights Reserved: The blog owner, administrator, contributor, editor, and/or author reserve the right to edit, delete, move, or mark as spam any and all comments. They also have the right to block access to any one or group from commenting or from the entire blog.
• Trackbacks Are Comments: All trackbacks will be treated inline with our Comments Policy.