Code of Ethics

To write, publish, and be read is a privilege and responsibility. Being mindful of that privilege and responsibility:

  1. I will not barter my words or my silence.
  2. If I decide to use third party services, I will inform you. Currently, I am using Flickr.
  3. I will disagree with other opinions respectfully.
  4. I will write and advocate openly and honestly.
  5. I will strive for accuracy in detailing the facts of my posts, avoiding errors and correcting them immediately when discovered.
  6. I will strive for balance; even in advocacy, I will not distort or suppress obviously relevant facts to bolster my argument.
  7. I will welcome and invite rebuttal, debate and discussion through comments, email, and trackbacks.
  8. I will disclose my sources fully usually through links in my posts.
  9. I will keep things told to me in confidence private.
  10. I will respect copyright; my own words will be licensed with a Creative Commons license.
  11. I will let the record stand; I will not delete posts, or parts of them, unless not doing so would violate one of the foregoing principles, and will give notice that I have done so. If I modify a post, it will be by adding to it; and I will mark these additions clearly. I will not post an update notice when fixing grammatical errors.
  12. I will reveal material conflicts-of-interest.
  13. I will reply to emails and comments to the best of my ability. I receive my fair share of email so if I do not respond promptly please be patient.
    • I do, however, reserve the right to remove any and all comments that are offencive to others or that violate one of the principles above.

Originally written by Allen Jenkins. Tweaked by Tyme on May 21, 2006. Tweaked even more by Kyle on February 12, 2007.

Disclosure Policy

This policy is valid from 09 January 2007.

This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me. For questions about this blog, please contact Kyle Korleski (kyle At TheDarkestEvil Dot Com).

This blog accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation.

The compensation received will never influence the content, topics or posts made in this blog. All advertising is in the form of advertisements generated by a third party ad network. Those advertisements will be identified as paid advertisements. Those posts are also placed in a separate category so you can view all such posts.

The owner of this blog is compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. Even though the owner of this blog receives compensation for his posts or advertisements, he always gives his honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the bloggers’ own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question.

This blog does not contain any content which might present a conflict of interest. I am employed by or consult with: Neko Bat, Inc.. I serve on the following corporate or non profit boards: Night Shaded, Inc. and The Forever Foundation. I am active in 2 political parties which influences this blog: The Liberal Party of Canada and the Democratic National Convention of the United States. I blog about people to whom I am related. The most interesting such people are: Lori Korleski, Donald Korleski Jr., Angela Korleski, Wendy Korleski and Patricia Freyaldenhoven. I have a financial interest in the following that are relevant to my blogging: MediaTemple, WordPress and NamesPro.ca.

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