links for 2010-07-19

Very sensible public set of guidelines for publishing user comments, written in "English" not "Legal"

Interesting look at how you can target specific bits of CSS3 to devices that report back having certain properties or behaviours e.g. screen-size.

Nigel Willmott musing on how the letters@guardian.co.uk email address is a catch-all for a diverse range of people trying to reach "The Guardian"

"Greek journalist, Socratis Gkiolias was gunned down this morning when he answered his door. According to police reports the gunmen shot Gkiolias, who was married and a father of a two year son at least 16 times and then fled the scene."

Fantastic bit of linkbait from the Guardian Datablog which has drawn out the lurking anorak's into a comment thread frenzy of corrections and pedantry. Love it - and contrary to various rumours on Twitter - I had *nothing* to do with it. Even if Datablog maestro Simon Rogers sits in my line of site and I've been silently mouthing the words "Doctor Who spreadsheet" for months now every time I see him ;-)

Depressing blog post about the state of policing in my home borough.

"The truth of the matter is that managing an online community of commenters is work. It's like tending a garden. If you don't put in the work to root out the weeds (abusive commenters), you won't get the vegetables (cogent commenters) to flourish. The Sun Chronicle's recently announced policy [of charging users to comment] roots out the weeds by digging up the entire garden."

"Since launch we’ve had lots of good feedback on it including some new contacts from within the BBC and from outside. It’s interesting how sometimes only by launching and writing about something do you reach people within the BBC itself. One of the characteristics of a large organisation like this I guess."