Currently only Patreon and recurring PayPal patrons, and select vetted specialists, can post on my blog without their comments waiting in the moderation queue (all such patrons, please email me to find out how to secure this privilege if it isn’t already operating). All other comments go into moderation and must be approved before appearing.

Please note that I am quite busy and consequently only check the moderation queue every few days, sometimes longer (particularly if the comment load is high, taking much longer to sort through). Consequently comments in moderation may take a long time even for me to see them. Please have patience.

All comments in a moderation queue will eventually be approved and thus published that (a) are relevant to the article being commented on, (b) are reasonably civil, and (c) don’t abuse the privilege of being published here at all. For example, no trafficking in harassment, slander, or abject racism and the like. Comments that repeatedly ignore the material they claim to be responding to are also unlikely to survive review: I am not your publisher; if you want to publish long rambling essays that don’t honestly engage with anything on my site, find your own venue. Likewise, if a specific article has its own particular comments policy stated, any comments violating that will not be published there. Some repeat offenders who were warned have also been permanently banned and their comments will never be published. Heed warnings.

All civil and relevant comments submitted by any actual persons whose work, claims, or arguments are critiqued in the article they are commenting on will also be published (once I’m able to read and clear them, as per usual). Please so-identify yourself to claim that privilege. But be warned: pretending to be someone you are not will result in a permanent ban. As will repeatedly violating the rules above.

This page is continually updated to state present policy.

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