In general the following kinds of comments and contributions shall not be approved:
- Abusive, intimidating, threatening or inflammatory
- Making offensive generalisations
- Rambling, without a point
- Peddling pseudoscience
- Lowering the level of debate with irrelevant whataboutery
- Using offensive or insensitive language
- Typed in all-caps
- Typed in a language other than English. Brief quotes in other languages permitted, with English translation
- Irrelevant to the article in question or the scope of CONFLUENCE
- Containing self-promotional material
- Resorting to ad hominem attacks or running down a piece / making a point with adjectives rather than arguments
Note: We loved how these were worded by The Wire and have adopted them with some modifications.