{"id":54341,"date":"2015-05-26T17:03:23","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T23:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?page_id=54341"},"modified":"2016-03-14T14:14:25","modified_gmt":"2016-03-14T20:14:25","slug":"commentary-and-comments-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/commentary-and-comments-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Commentary and comments policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NMPolitics.net is a community <a href=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">that values and wants your participation<\/a>. You are welcome to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/commentary-submissions\/\" target=\"_blank\">submit a column<\/a> for possible publication. And we want you to join our conversations on articles published on our website and on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nmpolitics\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nmpoliticsnet\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We aim to foster productive, bridge-building discussion. With that in mind, there are a few ground rules:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>No personal attacks. Be respectful.<\/strong>\u00a0We&#8217;re not saying you can\u2019t speak out against a public official or criticize others. You can. And we want you to do it in a way that is\u00a0constructive and explains your position. It\u2019s one thing to elaborate on the reasons you believe someone is wrong; it\u2019s another entirely to call people names. One encourages debate, and the other shuts it down. We aim to encourage debate. There&#8217;s no name-calling here.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Avoid libel.<\/strong>\u00a0We&#8217;re not interested in being named in a defamation lawsuit. If you need to know more about libel so you can avoid it, click <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Defamation\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>No free campaigning.<\/strong> The comment forum is not the appropriate place for candidates to advertise. Candidates are welcome to participate in the discussion, but should focus\u00a0primarily on the issues. To learn more about becoming an advertising sponsor, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/sponsorships\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Original content only.<\/strong>\u00a0We allow short quotes from others, as long as you cite the source, but essays, articles or other content that you didn\u2019t author can&#8217;t be published in full.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Be factual.<\/strong> If we see egregious factual errors in your comments, we&#8217;ll delete\u00a0them.\u00a0And please, avoid spreading rumors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Think of it this way: Commentaries and comments should, in general, be constructive and add to the dialogue, not degrade and tear down.<\/p>\n<p>NMPolitics.net doesn&#8217;t allow anonymous comments. We use\u00a0the Facebook comment system. You&#8217;ll need <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\" target=\"_blank\">a Facebook account<\/a> to participate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NMPolitics.net is a community that values and wants your participation. You are welcome to submit a column for possible publication. And we want you to join our conversations on articles published on our website and on Facebook and Twitter. We aim to foster productive, bridge-building discussion. With that in mind, there are a few ground [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-54341","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54341\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}