AoSHQ Rules: Comment References

Banhammering seems to have happened. Last thread, too. You can still smell the ozone.

Commenters are reminded that referencing a message number is unreliable as the number-comment relationship is subject to change after banhammer storms.

Referencing the nick-timestamp-(hash) line is the recommended substitute, although the reference can still be ambiguous if a commenter left more than one comment within a minute.

Techy types may be tempted to use the comment URL, but this is discouraged as being useful and consistent and therefore not in keeping with the rest of the blog technology.