GrandPrairieReporter.com

The GrandPrairieReporter.com is an open source news and information organization encouraging reader’s comments and citizen journalist’s stories and articles about Grand Prairie.

1. Control over content and comments.

2. Ability to edit comments.

3. Ability to censor comments.

4. Ability to delete comments.

5. Ability to prevent comments by specific persons or groups.

Comments Policy:

* Comment Form Guidelines: The comment form must be filled in with a proper or legitimate sounding name and URL. Comments using keywords, spam or splog-like URLs, or suspicious information in the comment form will be edited or deleted.

* Email Privacy: Email addresses are required for commenting, and they are not published on the GrandPrairieReporter.com, nor shared. They may be used by the publisher/editor to privately contact the commenter.

* Commenter Privacy and Protection: All email, snail mail, phone numbers, and any private and personal information posted in any comment will be deleted as soon as possible to protect the privacy of the commenter. To prevent such editing, never share this private information within comment.

* Language and Manners: The GrandPrairieReporter.com is family friendly and comments which include offensive or inappropriate language, or considered by the publisher/editor to be rude and/or offensive, will be edited or deleted. Play nice.

* A Comment is Conversation: A comment which does not add to the conversation, runs of on an inappropriate tangent, or kills the conversation may be edited, moved, or deleted.

* Limit Links: The GrandPrairieReporter.com is setup to automatically hold any comment with more than two links in moderation, which may delay your comment from appearing. Any comment with more than four links could be marked as comment spam.

* What To Do If Your Comment Does Not Appear: If you leave a comment on and it does not appear in a reasonable time period, and you know that it does not violate these Comment Policies, contact the editor via e-mail.

* No Personal Attach Comments Permitted: In the interest of fair play, no personal attacks are permitted in the comments. You may question or argue the content, but not attack. Failure to respect fellow participants could result in removal and blocked access.

* Comment Spam: Any comment assumed to be possible comment spam will be deleted and marked as comment spam.

* Commenters Blocked: Anyone who violates this Comments Policy may be blocked from future access and/or commenting on the GrandPrairieReporter.com.

* All Rights Reserved: The publisher, owner, administrator, contributor, editor, and/or author reserve the right to edit, delete, move, or mark as spam any and all comments. They also have the right to block access to any one or group from commenting or from the GrandPrairieReporter.com.

* Hold Harmless: All comments within the GrandPrairieReporter.com are the responsibility of the commenter, not the publisher, administrator, contributor, editor, or author. By submitting a comment, you agree that the comment content is your own, and to hold this site, GrandPrairieReporter.com, and all subsidiaries and representatives harmless from any and all repercussions, damages, or liability.

Bob Fitch
Publisher/Editor