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This is, yet again, an attempt to write down a policy that's been in effect for quite a while.

Anonymous comments all go to moderation. Logged in users can post without waiting the week or more it takes for me to get around to approving new comments (I'll get to it - really).

All comments are subject to a "lameness filter" that will reject comments based on programmatic filters. These are basically an attempt to block spam without requiring a captcha.

However all comments are subject to deletion based on the following:

• Spam will be deleted. Anything that looks like spam will be deleted.
• No ALL CAPS, or MOSTLY CAPs since I think the lameness filter catches all caps.
• Posts requesting responses by email will likely be deleted, but not necessarily deleted. Currently there's no way to be updated if someone posts a response to your comment (sorry). The theory behind this one is that the answer should be posted to the site so other people can find it.
• Posts that are incomprehensible will be deleted. This includes random letters or posts that are primarily non-English for no apparent reason.

This isn't a comprehensive list. There may be reasons comments get deleted that do not fall under this list.