Commenting guidelines

If you want to comment, please bear in mind some basic guidelines. These are designed to protect you and other users of the site.

Breaking any of the guidelines could lead to legal action being taken against you by the authorities or an aggrieved party.

In extreme cases, London 2012 could be legally obliged to reveal your IP address to the authorities.

Be relevant

Try to keep your comments brief and to the point. Long comments make the blog difficult to use.

We only want people to post comments on the blog relevant to the entry. So, if you have a complaint or a comment about anything on the website, or relating to London 2012 in general, please email us at enquiries@london2012.com.

No advertising or spamming

We do not allow marketing messages of any kind (whether promoting yourself or a third party).

Keep your comments constructive and polite.

Do not use profanities or other offensive or objectionable words.

Do not make any defamatory or disparaging comments which might damage the reputation of a person or organisation.

Do not make multiple postings, so that we can publish comments from as many
different people as possible.

Do not keep posting the same message, or very similar messages.

Keep within the law

• You must not plagiarise or otherwise infringe third-party rights (e.g. copyright or privacy rights).
  
  Be original – do not post words or materials that you have taken from someone else.
  
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Safety

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