Rule3-TheLongVersion
ATTEMPT TO REORGANIZE RULE 3 INTO BETTER-WORDED RULES (THE ORDER OF THESE CAN BE CHANGED)
I STILL HAVEN'T FIT IN PROHIBITIONS ON PARTY WEBSITES. I'M NOT SURE WHERE TO PUT IT.
I HAVEN'T LISTED THE SOURCES THAT WE'VE SPECIFICALLY CHOSEN TO BAN. I ALSO HAVEN'T INCLUDED A BAN ON SOME OR ALL VIDEOS. WE MAY WANT TO INCLUDE ONE OR BOTH OF THESE THINGS IN THE FINAL VERSION OF THE RULES.
a. Keep submissions and comments substantive.
SUBMISSIONS
Link posts should not only deliver information, but also put that information in context.
The moderators of /r/CanadaPolitics demand a higher standard of submissions of blog posts than of articles in mainstream outlets. Submitted blog posts should be written by experts in the field they are discussing, and must at a minimum be well-argued and demonstrate understanding (as judged by the moderators) of the issue being written about.
See also our self-post guidelines.
COMMENTS
The following chart plots along a continuum what kind of comments are considered more substantive (less likely to be removed) and less substantive (more likely to be removed). Judgments about this are (unfortunately) inevitably subjective, but the moderators of /r/CanadaPolitics hope you will find this chart a helpful guide for your comments here.
| removal less likely <————————— | ————————> removal more likely |
|---|---|
| comment gives reasons for views expressed | comment does not give reasons for views expressed |
| comment analyses a political or policy issue, drawing attention to important considerations | comment expresses an emotional reaction |
| comment engages directly with points raised in the linked article or the comment that it's replying to | comment talks about something only vaguely related to the general topic of the article or comment that it's replying to |
| comment hyperlinks a meme for humour, but otherwise carefully and explicitly lays out a reasoned argument | comment is just a link to a meme |
| comment has as its intended audience all readers of /r/CanadaPolitics | comment is a message to the person it's a reply to (consider using a private message instead) |
| comment with low level of content is buried deep in a comment thread | comment with low level of content is a top-tier comment |
b. Avoid direct advocacy.
Links to petitions, requests for donations, or other "calls to arms" are not allowed in /r/CanadaPolitics. This is a subreddit for political discussion among people with a broad range of views, not for organizing political action among people with a specific agenda.
c. Keep posts Canadian and new.
All submissions in this subreddit must pertain directly to Canadian politics in some way.
Things that are okay include * stories about something a Canadian government or political party has done or said * stories about trends in Canadian society that are affected by government * stories about a Canadian politician's reaction to events happening in another country * stories about events happening in other countries that pertain directly to an undertaking of a Canadian government (for example, a vote in the U.S. Congress on the Keystone pipeline, or a vote in the Japanese diet on the Trans-Pacific Partnership) * a self-post that asks about how something taking place in another country pertains to Canadian politics
What is not okay is direct link submissions of articles about something happening in another country (such as Switzerland's debate about a basic income). If you would like to discuss a policy issue in Canada by tying in something happening in another country, please use a self-post instead.
Submissions of news articles must be about current events. Different kinds of news grow stale at different rates, but as a general rule, stories about politicians should come from within the last two weeks, and stories about policy issues should have been published within the last three months. Working papers by professors or reports from think tanks should be kept to those published within the last year.