Comments Policy

Comments are the opinion of the respective authors and do not reflect The Yorker stance. Please read the policy below and adhere to it. Failure to do so may result in your account being suspended.

Instructions

• You must be logged-in to post a comment. To log in, you must first register (see link at the top of the page).
• Remember to enter your name (under 'my account' at the top of the page)
• Comments which are considered abusive can be reported using the 'Report Abuse' link on the comment itself.

Comments Guidelines

The Yorker offers the York student community an opportunity to express their opinions, provide feedback and engage in debate, so please:

• Keep your contributions civil, tasteful and relevant.
• Comment on the article and issues brought up. Avoid using comments for personal arguments.
• Avoid swearing or personal insults against the writer, anyone mentioned in the article or an other comment's author.

Comments and the Law

The following are serious issues and any infrigement could see you involved in a court case:

• No defamatory comments. A defamatory comment is one that is a factual claim that is untrue and capable of damaging the reputation of a person or organisation.
• Avoid contempt of court which means do not post anything that risks prejudicing on-going or forthcoming court proceedings. Do not post comments that may break a court injunction.
• Do not incite people to commit any crime, including incitement of hatred, be it based on race, religion, gender, sexual-orientation or otherwise.

The Yorker and Comments

• The Yorker will remove any comments which it suspects unlawful.
• The Yorker will attempt to remove any other comments which it considers contravenes the Comments Policy outlined above.
• The Yorker reserves the right to remove any other inflammatory comments on sensitive issues when such comments have been reported as abusive by other users. The Yorker reserves all discretion on such matters.

Anonymous Comments

The Yorker allows anonymous comments - however this does not remove the author's responsibilities. Although comments are anonymous to the public and The Yorker members, the author identity can be investigated when comments break this policy for the purpose of suspending account or if legal proceedings are brought up in relation to a comment.

Impersonation in Comments

Any user found impersonating another person using any method risks being banned permanently.

Comment Availability

The Yorker will endeavor to allow the public to comment on as many articles as possible. However, as The Yorker is run entirely by volunteers, The Yorker reserves the right to remove the capabilities from specific articles it suspects it may not be able to adequately moderate.