About

What?

Matt Wardman writes from a centre-right perspective about politics, culture, technology and sport.

The Wardman Wire is now slowly evolving into a group blog, so the previous statement is not quite right. It will take until the end of 2007 for the style to stabilise again, so I will update the description then.

That wonderful line of Birds in my Header

Are taken from this wonderful photo on FlickR. It is published under this license by Zen who blogs at Zenography.

Copyright and Linking Policies

• Copyright of all material by Matt Wardman is asserted by the author.
• Copyright in quotations and images from other sites belong to the authors of the articles, and are acknowledged, usually with a hyperlink to the original source.
• I have reached agreements with each of the cartoonists below to use their work here - or their license permits that use. If you are planning to use their work regularly, then you should approach them to clear the arrangement - and you will get to know some interesting people. For a one off use on a blog you should check out the detailed terms of their respective licences and comply with those terms.
• Cartoons reproduced from Gaping Void are subject to this Creative Commons license.
• Cartoons reproduced from We Blog Cartoons are subject to the conditions on this web page.
• Cartoons reproduced from Matt Buck’s Blog or Matt Buck’s website are subject to the License Indicated in the sidebar of Matt’s Blog here:

This work is licenced under a Creative Commons Licence. Published work that is attributed to a publication on this blog should also be noted by anyone linking to my artwork from any other site. Thank you.

• Cartoons reproduced from Jesus and Mo are subject to the Creative Commons License specified on the website.
• Where video and audio clips are used on this site, these are included in an editorial context - and are therefore covered by “Fair Use” principles.
• Where documents or media files referenced from other sites are used, these are copied to a local archive. This policy is to avoid using others’ bandwidth, and to minimise broken hyperlinks. I usually email the other site when I do this.

Quoting Articles from this Site

• Part of an article may be quoted on others’ websites provided that they are used in context as part of a larger article, and that a link to the original is included.
• Articles reproduced in their entirety, with or without acknowledgement, or material used as the substantive portion of an article on another website, are subject to a use fee. The minimum fee for one off use of an article £125 or $250. This fee is repeated annually unless a different arrangement is agreed in writing first.

Comments, Trackbacks and Links

Comments and trackbacks are accepted. Registration is not required at this point.

Currently, links to external websites are opened in new windows - links within this blog are opened in the same window.

The comments policy is brief: “Do not post stuff of which your mother would be ashamed. Notwithstanding that - extreme swearing and personal abuse of others are cause for editing or deletion at my discretion.”

The blog owner reserves the right to republish comments made here in other forms or forums without limitation, but will always identify the source of the comment by quoting the url and name given by the commenter.

Corrections [added 30/10/2007]

Basically, any proven errors of fact made will be corrected in the original article, by publishing a correction at the same degree of prominence, or both. As far as practical, others who have quoted the article will be requested to make a note in their article - this would include, for example pinging back with the correction those who had linked to the original piece.

If articles are ever removed, a statement of why that has been done will be left in situ.

Disclosure

This blog is published under a pseudonym, and has no links with any “Matt Wardman” active in British Politics or other fields.

I am currently advising the Politics Home website (Stephan Shakespeare’s next initiative after 18 Doughty Street) on some aspects of their design. I will be receiving a small fee.

Questions

Questions about these policies or requests to reproduce material may be sent via the Contact Page.

The English Language

I am delighted to pour scorn on unnecessary political correctness and ugly linguistic contortions. On this blog, where appropriate, “man“, “mankind“, “chairman“- and similar words - are inclusive.