Any Registered User can post a comment on a proposal, or reply to the comments of others. Guests cannot post comments.

Comments are shown in the order of posting - either oldest first (which is the default) or newest first. To change this order for a specific discussion, look at the bottom of the discussion page for the box where you can change the setting from "Oldest First" to "Newest First" or vice-versa.

1. First, on a forum page, click on the discussion that you wish to post a comment to.



2. When you are on the discussion page, click on the "Post Reply" button that looks like this:
   



3. A "Post a Reply" page will appear. Enter a Subject line and Message in the spaces provided. If you want to remind yourself about certain aspects of the discussion, you can look at the "Discussion Review" pane that appears at the bottom of the page. When you are ready to post your comment, click the "Submit" button (or you may first wish to click the "Preview" button to see how it will appear).



4. A notice should appear that says "Your message has been entered successfully." Click on the link that appears to either view the discussion where you posted your reply, or return to the forum where the discussion appears, respectively.

Why would I post a comment on a proposal, and why would I want others to post a comment on my proposal?

The Board will learn from comments on the OC how ideas stand up to public scrutiny. We are as interested in the content of scholarly discussions of proposals as we are in the proposals themselves. All else constant, the most credible proposals will be ones that: follow the posted guidelines, have the potential to provide great value to the ANES user community, elicit lots of supportive responses, and withstand scrutiny.

When you post a comment on a proposal, please feel free to state both positive and negative evaluations. Constructive criticisms are welcome, and may be helpful to authors should they choose to later revise their proposal. This sort of open discussion will benefit not only the quality of proposals, but improve the resulting ANES studies. However, please make sure that your comments adhere to the OC code of conduct to which you agreed when you registered.

I only want to voice my support for a particular proposal. I don’t want to make a long argument. Can I do that?

Yes, but the shorter and less substantive your posting is, the less persuasive it is likely to be.