Policies

We don’t have many rules, but we do keep a few.

Comment Policy

We welcome and encourage all of our readers to take the time to contribute comments to the stories we post on It’s Evansville. We keep our stories brief and to the point, and hope that your comments will go beyond that by giving you an outlet to discuss the topic. There may be situations where comments will not be approved and deleted. We reserve the right to edit comments when…

• the comment contains misspelling or poor grammar.
• the comment contains some formatting flaws that make our site not look too friendly.
• the comment is “signed.” Your name and Web address is included as part of the comment automatically.

We reserve the right to delete comments when…

• the comment is off topic
• the comment insults the writer of the post, the subject of the piece or other commenters without any basis or fact. Insulting ideas, actions and even beliefs is usually fine. Just don’t insult the actual people.
• the comment is spam.
• the comment is contains excessive profanity or threats.

So after all that negativity, what do we consider a good commenter?

• A good commenter continues the discussion of the original post or a previous comment on the post.
• A good commenter is to the point and doesn’t ramble.
• A good commenter is accountable for what he or she says. If you are going to post a comment on It’s Evansville, use your real name if at all possible. If you wouldn’t say something to someone’s face in public, don’t say it on the Internet just because you’re sitting behind a computer screen with little or no accountability.

In the instance that we delete your comment, we try to e-mail you and let you know why. If you’d like to discuss it further, we’re available to chat about it. If you have any questions about the policy, e-mail Justin

Privacy Policy

It’s Evansville does not collect any personal information about you as a visitor of this site. When you visit this site, or any site for that matter, in your Web browser, the following information is collected

1. The name of the domain from which the visitor accesses the Internet (e.g., “.com”; “.edu”; or “.gov”);
2. The Internet Protocol Number.
3. The date and time the web site is visited.
4. The type of browser and operating system used to access our site.
5. The pages you visit on the site.
6. If you linked to this site from another Web site, the address of that site (called the “referrer”).

We use this information to gather statistical data to track what stories our popular, where are readers are coming from and to target our advertising to best suit our readers. We will not share your information with other companies nor will we share the information with anyone unless required by law.

Comments

If you ever leave a comment on It’s Evansville we ask for your name, e-mail and URL. The name and URL are displayed on the site to associate with your comment. Your e-mail address is never displayed publicly. We ask for the e-mail address solely for contacting you in the instance we delete your comment or would like to ask you something further about a comment.

Cookies

No cookies are placed on your system and no registration of any kind is required to access this site. If you ever receive a dialogue box that requests a username and password, it is NOT coming from this site.

In fact, if you DO receive such a dialogue box when visiting this site, you have spyware installed on your computer. If you don’t know what spyware is, consult a friend or colleague who does to help you remove it.