Moderation policy

Moderation is intended to ensure the process of publishing user-submitted contributions to this site is fair and inclusive, and in line with goals for Railway 200.

We are inviting contributions of specific activities and content relating to the anniversary celebrations, rather than general comment, history, feedback or enquiries. Submissions will normally be approved for publication as long as they:

  • Respect other organisations and individuals. Submissions must not be malicious or offensive in nature;
  • Are on-topic and in line with the scope and aims of the Railway 200 campaign. Please don’t contribute content that is unrelated to this topic;
  • Don’t incite hatred on the basis of race, religion, gender, nationality or sexuality or other personal characteristic;
  • Don’t include swearing, hate-speech or obscenity;
  • Don’t publicly reveal personal details, such as private addresses, phone numbers or email addresses;
  • Don’t break the law. This includes libel, condoning illegal activity, and breaking copyright;
  • Don’t comment or give details in relation to individual disputes, complaints or legal proceedings;
  • Are reasonably concise, and don’t constitute spam or duplication;
  • Don’t advertise commercial products and services unrelated to the Railway 200 celebrations;
  • Don’t impersonate or falsely claim to represent a person or organisation;
  • Are in English. Unfortunately, we do not currently have the resource to moderate submissions in other languages;
  • Are not party political in nature;
  • Don’t contain unrelated or inappropriate links to external sites.

Submissions will appear on this website if approved – you should not expect to receive a reply from us unless otherwise indicated.

You should remember that you are legally responsible for what you write. By submitting a contribution you undertake to indemnify us against any liability arising from that submission, including breach of confidentiality or copyright, or any obscene, defamatory, seditious, blasphemous or other actionable statement you may make.

If you are aged 16 or under, you should talk to a parent/guardian before submitting a contribution to this site. Please don’t leave any personal details that might identify you publicly (apart from in the email address box, which won’t be published).

Moderators reserve the right to suspend contributions at any time.