KQED Comment Boards Guidelines

KQED encourages community dialogue and welcomes you to participate in our comment boards. As directed by our public television mission, KQED strives not only to broadcast top quality educational programs, but to create opportunities to go beyond the broadcast for additional learning and community development. There are a few guidelines we enforce to ensure exchanges that are informative, respectful of diverse viewpoints, and lawful. Comments will be posted automatically, and KQED will not edit comments. However, KQED reserves the right to delete any message under circumstances that we determine are detrimental to the community dialogue, such as the following:

Personal attacks, hateful or derogatory language, harassment or threats against other participants of the comment board or featured speakers on the site will not be tolerated. This includes libel or unsubstantiated accusations against another. Foul, obscene or sexually explicit language will not be permitted. Material available on the Internet is not necessarily in the public domain; it is assumed that you are the author of anything you post, unless specifically quoted. No advertisement, solicitation or promotion will be allowed. Duplicate postings or messages in the wrong comment box (i.e. mismatched to the topic for that page) will be deleted or moved. Private e-mail or contact information should not be posted in comment boxes.

Please also note: KQED will monitor the comment board regularly. Any comments you wish to send directly to KQED (without posting) can be e-mailed to: baywindow@kqed.org.

By posting messages on KQED comment boards, you grant KQED the rights to re-use the text of your comment in any KQED communication worldwide, in perpetuity. Credit will be given to you if you give your legal name. You may choose the name by which you will be identified on screen. We discourage you from posting an e-mail address as your name. We encourage you to use your legal name (first and/or last). If you choose not to use your own name, you may not use any name that intentionally impersonates another or violates another's intellectual property rights. Any name deemed offensive by KQED will be deleted.

Remember: Postings are automatic and immediate, and cannot be deleted. Please check your comment carefully before sending. Thank you for joining the discussion at KQED TV9--Public Television for Northern California.