Thank you for being interested enough to read the comment policy! +1 for you! 
Certain comments (including first-time comments) are subject to moderation and will not appear immediately. Once your first comment is approved, subsequent comments are automatically approved, provided they don't meet any of the other criteria below. I do not edit comments except as specified below.
Comments I like
I really like these types of comments:
- Comments that ask relevant questions and increase the collective knowledge of the VBA/Office developer community.
- Comments with short sections of VBA code that demonstrate a problem or solution.
- Comments that are directly related to the issue brought up in the article
Comments I don't like
These are the types of comments I don't like.
- Comments with irrelevant links or obviously fake names.
- Comments with large sections of VBA code. Create a scaled-down test case that demonstrates your issue or solution.
- Comments on an article that have little or nothing to do with the article itself.
- Snarky comments that attack Microsoft while asking for help with a Microsoft product.
- "Thank you"-type comments that appear to be an attempt to get a backlink or get past moderation.
- Comments that repeatedly ask for code samples without any attempt to demonstrate effort. Treating the comments section like your personal support forum is a sure way to get ignored. If you have a project that needs extensive help, or need help learning VBA, consider contacting me about private consulting.
I am aware that some types of marketers will go so far as to pay people to pass the Turing test and drop links in comments. Rest assured that unless your comment/link is highly and directly relevant to this blog (or I know you), it will not be posted. Google penalizes sites that link to low-quality content, and I am not going to stake my reputation on someone else's ability to post relevant links.
Posting VBA Code
To post VBA code in your comment, use these special tags:
' Code goes here
[/vb]
(copy and paste this into the comment section if you need to)
Please only post the relevant sections of your code; don't post 50 lines of code when you only need help debugging one variable. Create a test case to demonstrate an issue if you can't de-couple a problem section of code from its parent.
Editing Comments
I edit comments under the following circumstances:
- Your comment contains VBA code that makes the comment excessively long.
- Your comment contains irrelevant content which can be safely removed without affecting the substance of the comment as it relates to the subject of this blog (which is VBA code). In other words, please stay on topic.
- Multiple related comments from the same person (especially on the same blog post) may be combined.
- Your VBA code doesn't include tags (see Posting VBA Code), or has a lot of extra whitespace, I will add in the tags and trim the space.
- I edit names if they are keywords instead of real names. I edit URLs if they look spammy or like an attempt to get a backlink.
If I am contacted about a comment which contains plagiarized, copyrighted or phony content, that comment may be removed. I reserve the right to edit or remove any comment, at any time, for any reason.
Remember, commenting is a privilege, not a right!
All comments are solely the opinion of their authors and don't reflect my opinion. Once approved, they become property of JP Software Technologies (unless removed for reasons stated above). See the Disclaimer and Terms of Service for more information.
This page is subject to change without notice.
