University of Bristol comment moderation house rules

We have adapted these rules from the BBC’s House rules for comment moderation.

These house rules are for your safety and to keep the University’s website a healthy environment for discussion.

We welcome your comments, but please don’t post anything offensive or illegal.

Specifically, please don’t post anything that:

  • Is inappropriate (abusive, offensive or disruptive)
  • Is off topic (to the original content or the current conversation)
  • Contains personal information (either your own or someone else’s)
  • Puts children at risk
  • Is illegal, or glamourises illegal activity
  • Is defamatory (damaging to someone else’s reputation)
  • Is in contempt of court (anything that could affect the outcome of a court case)
  • Infringes anyone’s rights (including privacy rights)
  • Is posted for your financial gain (advertising, sponsorship etc.)
  • Isn’t in English (unless we’ve asked you to comment in another language)
  • Contains spam
  • Contains links to content that can’t be seen easily, or may be unsafe (viruses, spyware, paywalls etc)
  • Or doesn’t comply with the rest of our Terms of Use.

If a contribution to our website breaks these rules, then it will be removed. This helps us to ensure the website is appropriate for the vast majority of the people who visit.