User guidelines

Welcome to MaltaToday.com.mt...  before you register with us, keep in mind the following:

MaltaToday.com.mt allows people to post under nicknames and we want to ensure that everybody feels welcome to comment on the content provided here, but we expect users to abide by some guidelines.

Be relevant, be aware that what you write may be misunderstood, so think before you post: and think of the consequences of what you post on the internet. Be mature with your contributions and considerate towards others, and keep it a constructive environment for debate. Don't let this space become a slanging match!

1. Feel free to debate but do not resort to personal attacks on authors, other users or any third party.

2. We will not tolerate racism, sexism, homophobia or other forms of hate-speech, or contributions that could be interpreted as such.

3. Extremely offensive or threatening posts will be removed: libellous accusations, or comments that offend religious beliefs, as governed by the law of Malta, will have to be removed.

4. We welcome criticism on our newspapers, but misrepresentation of the company Mediatoday Ltd and its products, or of our journalists will be thoroughly assessed: anything that is not constructive or that is meant to smear will be removed.

5. Content that is spam-like will be removed.

6. Repeated and persistent contributions that do not provide any constructive debate, but appear to be annoying readers - trolling - will not be tolerated and such users will be de-registered.