Kingston resident Lowell Thing used the Fact Check box to raise an issue about comments. He writes:

I just posted a comment on Kyle Wind's story about the posters at the TRANSART building on Henry Street but it seems to have disappeared. I did seem to get a confirmation but no longer see my comment. If it takes a while before a comment appears, perhaps you could note that in your instructions for making comments. (My comment was positive, incidentally.)

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