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Violet_Crumble

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14. Are we supposed to give some input with a view to revising the old guidelines?
Wed Dec 14, 2011, 06:03 AM
Dec 2011

Or are you going to go over them yrself? If yr looking for input, here's something from me, as I'm in a strictly meta-mood tonight. I've just picked a few bits and not gone over the entire thing...

Under the General heading, ditch the first and last, not coz they're not good, but because going offtopic and selectively quoting things was an everyday happening in the old forum and I don't see how with this new system they could be enforced anyway.

Under Proper use of certain words, I haven't seen anyone call another poster a "Sharonist" since, well, Jabba had his stroke and left the political arena. I guess it could be replaced with "Nuttyist" but that's just coz I like the sound of it and I could even encourage people to use it in order to justify it sitting there in the guidelines!

One specifically that I think should be included is something along the lines of "Don't make sweeping negative generalisations about either Israeli or Palestinian society and culture." There's been more than a few posts doing exactly that in the past, and that's not at all conducive to any sort of constructive discussion...

I dunno. The guidelines need to be compressed a bit so it's not a toilet-roll of rules, and maybe formatted in a way that people should be able to easily copy'n'paste the bit that the post they've alerted on violates the guidelines. Coz I don't think many people selected for a jury are going to have enough motivation or interest to wade through the guidelines and are probably just itching to get back to whatever they were doing before they got the alert...

At this point... Lithos Dec 2011 #1
I might be confused, but don't the admin or that MIR lot deal with TOS violations? Violet_Crumble Dec 2011 #3
A small future fact Lithos Dec 2011 #4
The same problem would affect quite a few groups I suspect... Violet_Crumble Dec 2011 #5
When you talk about RKBA Lithos Dec 2011 #6
I'm not good at acronyms. What's RKBA? Violet_Crumble Dec 2011 #11
The Right to Keep and Bear Arms oberliner Dec 2011 #12
Thanks. The K had me stumped... Violet_Crumble Dec 2011 #13
Question: WSSlover Apr 2019 #29
So are we on the honor system here? oberliner Dec 2011 #8
You should pin this thread.... Violet_Crumble Dec 2011 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author Violet_Crumble Dec 2011 #7
So then is the new I/P group pretty much exactly the same as the old one? Crunchy Frog Dec 2011 #9
LOL Lithos Dec 2011 #10
Are we supposed to give some input with a view to revising the old guidelines? Violet_Crumble Dec 2011 #14
Are these rules in effect? Behind the Aegis Dec 2011 #15
the ones concerning content are Lithos Dec 2011 #16
OK...another quick question. Behind the Aegis Dec 2011 #17
Thanks for the Info gaelic Jan 2012 #18
I'm not very impressed with how the group has fared under the new system... Violet_Crumble Jun 2012 #19
I can't imagine a jury ever being effective in this group, honestly. Ruby the Liberal Jun 2012 #20
I was wondering yet again if there could be a look at sources LeftishBrit Jul 2012 #21
I'm going to second that request... Violet_Crumble Jul 2012 #22
Baffling hidden OP.... shira Aug 2012 #23
I'm curious. R. Daneel Olivaw Feb 2014 #24
The history has always to allow material related to Israel and/or Palestine here Lithos Feb 2014 #25
The history doesn't seem to be supported by the I/P guidlnes. R. Daneel Olivaw Feb 2014 #26
To Lithos. R. Daneel Olivaw Aug 2014 #27
The rules are not deprecated and they still apply Lithos Aug 2014 #28
That response didn't date too well Violet_Crumble Oct 2023 #30
Hi, good to see you, my friend Lithos Oct 2023 #31
It's great to see you again, too Violet_Crumble Oct 2023 #32
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