Comment Guidelines
Comments are meant as a way for users to highlight helpful information for other users, not a way to communicate with providers.
- Comments are public, so please do not post any private information (e.g. a personal mobile number).
- Comments should be factual (not prescriptive or speculative), and not inflammatory.
- Unless the fact is something specific and easily verifiable about the provider's practice (e.g. operating hours), it should be accompanied by a link that describes the fact in question (e.g. disciplinary record).
Examples
"Dr. Smith's office on Main street does not accept any insurance, only cash."
Appropriate: easily verifiable fact specific to Dr. Smith's office
Appropriate: easily verifiable fact specific to Dr. Smith's office
"The phone number listed is incorrect."
Appropriate: easily verifiable fact specific to the provider's office
Appropriate: easily verifiable fact specific to the provider's office
"Dr. Walter Palmer killed Cecil the lion: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/09/08/walter-palmer-dentist-who-hunted-and-killed-cecil-the-lion-returns-to-work/"
Appropriate: fact that is supported with a link to a publicly available source
Appropriate: fact that is supported with a link to a publicly available source
"Dr. Walter Palmer killed Cecil the lion: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/09/08/walter-palmer-dentist-who-hunted-and-killed-cecil-the-lion-returns-to-work/ - do not use his services if you care about animal rights!"
Inappropriate: prescriptive, because the comment tells others what to do; also, the comment is somewhat inflammatory, although we recognize that that line can be difficult to determine
Inappropriate: prescriptive, because the comment tells others what to do; also, the comment is somewhat inflammatory, although we recognize that that line can be difficult to determine
"Probably only got through medical school because he's related to a powerful (although brutal) politician..."
Inappropriate: speculative
Inappropriate: speculative