Comments Policy

January 5th, 2006, in Asides, by Patung

The rules for commenting:

Comments are moderated, this is not a free-for-all, people who persistently make comments of very low quality will have their comments pre-moderated.

Some general rules.

  • Play the ball not the man.

    • Don’t attack people who write or comment on this site, attack the ideas of the person. And of course don’t threaten anyone, call anyone bad names, etc. With public figures the policy is more flexible, just don’t go over the top.

  • Stick to the topic.

    • This is a grey area since discussions can lead off into many interesting areas. Generally comments that are very long and too far off-topic will be at the least edited.

  • Write in English, don’t write in Indonesian.

    • Almost everyone who reads this site can understand at least written English, not everyone can understand Indonesian. The occasional Indonesian phrase is okay.

  • Don’t write in all caps/upper case.

    • NOT LIKE THIS, like this.

  • Only post comments under one name. Use a real email address.
  • Don’t use dirty words.

This is meant to be a serious site, not a chatroom, and therefore good standards of writing are strongly encouraged from commenters. Perfect grammar and spelling are certainly not required but what is necessary is that some care be taken by commenters when typing.

If you make too many of the following mistakes your comment will likely be deleted:

Capitalise the first letter of the first word in each sentence.

Although he said that….
not
although he said that….

Put a full stop and a space between sentences.

…violence and intimidation. They also…
not
…violence and intimidation.They also…
not
…violence and intimidation……….they also…
not
…violence and intimidation,,,,they also…

Write words properly, not like you are a twelve year-old:

what not wot
because not cos/coz
don’t not dont
you not u
I not i
and not n
your/you’re not ur
Indonesia not indonesia
are not r

If you have an issue with the comment moderation ask me a question from the About page.

10 Comments on “Comments Policy”

  1. Jack Hawkins Says:
    October 25th, 2006 at 10:33 pm

    A poster on the thread about Rika Tolentino Kato has used to the word “bitches” to describe Western women - I find this extremely offensive and would like this removed please

  2. Patung Says:
    October 25th, 2006 at 10:48 pm

    Ok Jack it’s done but with swear words I just ask that the vowels be replaced with * or the word be mis-spelled so that the sting is taken out of it.

  3. Fanglong Says:
    December 12th, 2006 at 9:57 pm

    Hi Patung !

    I have not been able to get “my” Gravatar. Is it because I am not on IE, but on Mozilla ?
    By the way, as an editor, I appreciate the general rules you propose.
    Terima kasih lagi !

  4. Mohammed Khafi Says:
    December 12th, 2006 at 10:44 pm

    Patung,

    Totally off topic I know, but I know of no other way to communicate with you, so my apologies.

    Why is your avatar the only one which I can see on Indonesia Matters, I registered with Gravatar, and for a short while was able to see my avatar, but for the last few weeks nothing, is it a problem with the gravatar servers or with Indonesia Matters?

    Regards and Respect

  5. Patung Says:
    December 13th, 2006 at 6:56 am

    Fanglong and Mohammed, the site which serves the gravatars, gravatar.com, is under re-construction, so it’s not working. My gravatar still shows up because it is locally hosted on Indonesiamatters.com. By the way you can contact me from the about page.

  6. Fanglong Says:
    December 14th, 2006 at 4:01 pm

    Selamat pagi Patung !

    Thank you for all.
    Now that I feel “allowed” to post here, I’m shy…

    Salam !

    P

  7. Patung Says:
    December 15th, 2006 at 7:38 am

    Well, we’re all waiting.

  8. Fanglong Says:
    December 16th, 2006 at 5:49 pm

    Really shy…
    And thankful.

  9. Eddy Sendouw Says:
    January 25th, 2008 at 10:16 am

    A REPUBLIC OF HUMANITY
    By: Eddy Sendouw

    (This poem is purposely issued to support the Human’s Rights for all)

    If I could have a chance to build
    I wouldn’t like to build a starry palace
    Neither a mansion nor a big house on a hill
    But a hut, the only hut for human-race.

    If I could do something for a pleasure
    I wouldn’t like to please the rich people
    Neither the capitalist nor the millionaire
    But to sing a simple song for the poor neighbor.

    If I could be a ruler for to reign
    I wouldn’t like to be a man of authority
    Neither a caesar nor a king
    But a citizen in a Republic of Humanity.

    There, I can have a chance to own my property
    There, I can do something in a real reality
    There, I can be a big ‘Big-boss’ with a dignity
    Yes in there, in a hut of a Republic of Humanity.

    (”Forever Spoken” page 1, by Eddy Sendouw. Published by The International Library
    of Poetry in Maryland, U.S.A., 2007)

  10. Terry Munofo Says:
    June 8th, 2008 at 10:12 am

    The police who perpetrate crimes against children should be held more accountable, and punished greater than people who are not sworn to uphold the laws.

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