Well you wanted it 12-5, so here it is ... consult
this thread if you desire to know how some of this came into being. That and this thread may seem a bit similar, hehe, the memories ...
The rules in the
Entrance Hall apply here.
The philosophy behind this is: "That government is best which governs least." Or, since the
majority of you all aren't idiots, there
should be little need for moderation in the first place.
Sort of like "hands-off" moderation. So, here is how it will be approached, meaning that anything goes here that isn't too extreme.
- You can post whatever the hell you want. Any opinion can be expressed. Of course, no spam or porn or anything utterly repulsing. It of course needs to be intelligent, logical, thought-out, and have some substance.
There is a difference between arguments and debates, and fights. Fights consist of:
Joe: "fuck you asshole"
Sally: "eat a dick you shitless motherfucker"
Joe: "no you slut, go to hell" etc.
...
With fights, both parties in thread will be warned to cool it and make it logical again, and if it they continue their replies will just be deleted from the thread. If the fighting spreads to more than two parties (that is, most of the thread becomes consumed with this crap), the thread will be closed.
- Threads that are identical will be merged, with the "Official:" in front.
- Threads will still be moved, so if you didn't cause shit or wasn't malicious with your thread and you don't see it anymore, check the other forums before you call me a fascist.
- The "DUH" instances regarding Private Messaging will be enforced. Violations will result in a move to the Sewer or (in the case of ignored warnings) outright deletion. You can see the former sticky about it here: A suggestion
To sum it up:- Requests to clear PM boxes are perfectly fine. Once it is seen that the person clears their PM box and the two people start communicating, the thread will be deleted since it had a temporary use anyway.
- Threads aimed at one member about one member's stuff that seems to be between two people only should just be kept in PMs. These are the "DUH" things I'm talking about...when it is clear and obvious it is only between two people. It's a simple matter of typing it in the New Message box.
- Again, I am NOT talking about when you go back and forth with someone a public-aimed thread, whether on topic or not. And I am not getting into technicalities about this. Just the obvious instances.
If you don't see me around here as active as I used to be, it doesn't mean that I'm not here reading ... I just am not as argumentative as I used to be. Maybe it's because I have gone through that point in my life when I figure out what I believe, maybe it's because I already know what I believe, maybe it's because being involved in long, drawn out arguments takes alot of energy, maybe it's because I often feel indifferent to the way humans keep screwing themselves, maybe it's because by the time I go to write down my post which is perfectly written in my head I lose half of it (sigh), maybe it's ... ahh see, there it goes, I lost my train of thought.
Either way, I'm still as interested in this stuff even if it doesn't show in my activity. My posts just won't be huge as they used to be.
:: looks around :: I guess that's it.
Note from Jess: Please, and I say again, please, report anything you find offensive to the moderators. I might read something and not find it offensive, but you might. So, let us know, and we'll do something about it before something/ someone explodes on us. Hoookkay? Thank you!
Guidelines[edited 9/23/04] 
