Q4. What is your policy regarding writer conduct?
We expect all of our writers to be civilized, which means to not engage in ad hominem
attacks. For those people who don't know the Latin, ad hominem means "against the man"
or "against the person". Thus an ad hominem attack would be a personal attack, rather than an attack
based on the facts.
We have no problem with people arguing strongly, even vehemently for their positions based upon
the facts. But we will not tolerate writers who base their attack on demeaning the personalities
of other writers, readers, or residents of America. Foul language used to demean someone else falls
into this category as well.
While we don't have a strict anti-foul-language requirement, we do ask that writers keep their
writing clean, whenever possible.
Also, all writers are expected to write their own stuff. Plagiarism is strictly forbidden. If
you want to quote someone else's work in your writing, make sure you give the appropriate source
attribution, including URLs if available.
This policy applies to both Contributing and Professional writers on the site and to Readers'
Comments.
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