On the Record is an online discussion forum operated by the Iowa City Press-Citizen newspaper. It is wholly and completely separate from the Press-Citizen's other online forums and story comments.
Why?
Because, as the name suggests, all users of On the Record must post under their real names. There is no anonymity.
That said, we will enforce rules of decorum on the site, and will remove posts and users for violating our rules. We also reserve the right to remove any and all users and posts for any reason whatsoever, rules notwithstanding, as per press-citizen.com's terms of service, linked to at the bottom of every page.
Comments are not pre-screened, but we will do our best to monitor the site and respond to abuse reports.
The rules, in no particular order:
1. No anonymous postings or postings under a pseudonym.
2. No profanity, not even of the “bleeped” variety, or profanity in a language other than English.
3. No racial slurs or other offensive words.
4. Nothing that we deem could be potentially libelous.
5. No advertising or spam.
6. No reprinting of copyrighted material. Material we suspect might be copyrighted will be immediately removed.
7. No personal attacks on other users, i.e. no “fighting” or “flame wars” between users.
Questions about site moderation, what is allowed, etc., should be directed to the Feedback Forum or to online@press-citizen.com.