The house rules are adapted from the BBC’s House rules for comment moderation.
The rules are for your safety and to keep the University’s website a healthy environment for discussion.
We welcome your comments, but please do not post anything offensive or illegal.
Specifically, do not post anything that:
- is illegal, or glamourises illegal activity
- puts children at risk
- is in contempt of court (anything that could affect the outcome of a court case)
- is defamatory (damaging to someone else’s reputation)
- infringes anyone’s rights (including privacy rights)
- is inappropriate (abusive, offensive, or disruptive)
- contains personal information (either your own or someone else’s)
- is posted for your financial gain (advertising, sponsorship, and so on)
- contains spam
- contains links to content that can’t be seen easily, or may be unsafe (viruses, spyware, paywalls, and so on)
- is off-topic (to the original content or the current conversation)
- is not in English (unless we’ve asked you to comment in another language)
- violates any other rules of our terms of use.
If a contribution to our website breaks these rules, then it will be removed. This helps ensure the website is appropriate for the vast majority of users.