Comments Policy

The Steve Shipley Author website (the “SSA Site”) with domain https://steveshipley.com is owned and operated by InkIT Publishing, a business of Destiny’s Fortunes Pty Ltd.

This page informs you of our policies and requirements for interacting with and commenting on the SSA Site.

We encourage people to interact with SSA Site and value comments that enrich and progress dialog and interaction. Equally, we will moderate and remove comments we find unhelpful or against the policies outline on this page. Comments are part of a public forum and must add to the conversation and be respectful of others.

Please read the article or post where you are commenting to make sure your comments are relevant and positively contribute to the conversation. If is comment does not add to the conversation, is inappropriate or non-relevant, of causes strong dissent, it may be edited, moved or deleted. All SPAM comments will be deleted.

Legality

Liability

By posting a comment, you agree that your contribution is your own and that you take responsibility for it.

Indemnification

You agree to hold SSA Site, all post authors and other commenters harmless for your comment.

Copyright

If we identify or receive notice that your comment is in violation of any other party’s copyrighted information, the comment will be deleted. Based on the serious of the violation or in case of repeated violation of copyright, the commenter may be block from the SSA Site.

Privacy

You must provide a verified and authentic email address to post a comment on the SSA Site. We will never publish or share your email with others. (Click on the following link if you want more information on our Privacy Policy.) Please do not share any private information within your comment. We will delete any personal information to protect you. You will also indemnify us should any personal information provided by you in the comment be accessed by another party before we have the opportunity to review and delete it.

Comment Content

Commenter Name

We will not allow keywords, or hashtags in the name field.

Language

This is an English-speaking website and all comments must be in English. Additionally, any language that reasonably could be deemed offensive will be deleted. This may include commonly known swear words, and wording that is abusive, threatening, misleading, pornographic, inflammatory, misleading or libelous.

Personal Attacks

Any attacks on the poster or other commenters is not allowed. While it is acceptable to respectfully disagree with the content of a post or prior comment, it is not allowed to do so personally or disrespectfully. If you do not interact respectfully, your comments will be deleted and you may possibly be removed and blocked from the SSA Site.

Hyperlinks

Hyperlinks, if relevant to the conversation and likely to be helpful to others, are allowed. No more than two links are allowed, nor are obvious attempts to promote your business, increase backlinks, or the use of affiliate links. If the links are deemed inappropriate, we may edit your comment and / or remove the link.

Clarifications and Disputes

SSA Site management reserves the right to edit, delete, or flag all any comment it deems inappropriate. We also have the right to block access from further comments or from the SSA Site in its entirety.

If you leave a comment and it does not appear on the SSA Site within several days, or has appeared and been removed, and you know that the comment is not against these comment policies stated on this page, please contact us using the Contact Form.

If you wish to make a comment that is not related to any post, or should be private, or if you need any other support, or have specific questions, then please use the Contact Form to reach us and we will reply as soon as we can.

Questions regarding this SSA Site Comments Policy may be directed to info@steveshipley.com or you may use the SSA Site Contact Form. Please place the words ‘Comments Policy’ in the email title or first line of the Contact Form and we will respond as soon as we can.