Planning Tool Exchange Editorial Policy

Staff of the Orton Family Foundation and designated site editors are empowered to edit or remove any comments or content that:

  • The poster requests be removed or hidden
  • Has been posted fraudulently or by a user impersonating someone else
  • Includes copyrighted material or material that does not belong to the poster
  • Is duplicated elsewhere in the database
  • Is flagged by other users as inappropriate


Staff and editors also reserve the right to edit or remove any comments or content that, in their opinion:

  • Is directly or indirectly (via web link) hateful, discriminatory, impolite, uncivil, disrespectful, profane, vulgar, or threatening
  • Is primarily promotional in nature
  • Is outdated
  • Is not relevant to community planning or civic engagement
  • In the case of comments, is not related to the article at hand
  • Contains unsubstantiated and damaging information about an individual or group
  • Organizes or promotes illegal activity


Staff or site editors will not directly contact users to explain edits or changes to content, or to explain removal of postings that violate the conditions above.

See our Terms of Use and Guidelines for Contributions for further details and contact us with any questions, suggestions or complaints.