Hello VC&G forum members and community at large,
Three months ago this community voted on, and approved, the adoption of a "thread-citation policy" as captured in this community poll thread.
The policy was intentionally implemented with an expiration date such that the community would have the opportunity to assess for themselves whether or not a citation policy was workable and have the desired effect by way of a trial period.
That trial period expires today (Mar 20, 2011).
As such, this new poll is dedicated to the community voting on permanent adoption of the same thread-citation policy that has been in effect since Dec 20, 2010.
From the moderator's perspective here is what we have observed over the past three months:
In summary, the thread-citation policy has:
Regardless my opinion or the preference of the moderators, the decision is up to the community, so please log your vote - for or against - the permanent adoption of the same thread-citation policy that has been in effect these past 3 months.
If adopted then we basically just keep the status quo from the past 3 months. If not adopted then we go back to the way things were last fall (for better or worse).
The poll will be open for 7 days. Thank you for your time.
Your VC&G Moderator Staff,
BFG10K, Markfw900, and Idontcare
Three months ago this community voted on, and approved, the adoption of a "thread-citation policy" as captured in this community poll thread.
The policy was intentionally implemented with an expiration date such that the community would have the opportunity to assess for themselves whether or not a citation policy was workable and have the desired effect by way of a trial period.
That trial period expires today (Mar 20, 2011).
As such, this new poll is dedicated to the community voting on permanent adoption of the same thread-citation policy that has been in effect since Dec 20, 2010.
From the moderator's perspective here is what we have observed over the past three months:
- The net effect of this policy in VC&G has been decidedly beneficial. Voluntary compliance rate has been quite high.
- There were only three instances where moderator intervention was required as a matter of enforcing this policy over the course of the past three months
- The number of warnings and infractions meted out for thread-crap posting, inflammatory posts, personal attacks and insults, and thread-derails has dramatically and steeply declined over the same three months
In summary, the thread-citation policy has:
- ...had the desired effect in quelling inflammatory threads/headlines as well as stemming the tide of escalating posting within said threads
- ...elevated the general sense of forum ownership within the community (self-censoring is far more prevalent and beneficial)
- ...not increased the moderator workload in the forum; rather, it has resulted in a marked decline in moderator workload owing to declines in thread-craps and personal insults/attacks
Regardless my opinion or the preference of the moderators, the decision is up to the community, so please log your vote - for or against - the permanent adoption of the same thread-citation policy that has been in effect these past 3 months.
If adopted then we basically just keep the status quo from the past 3 months. If not adopted then we go back to the way things were last fall (for better or worse).
The poll will be open for 7 days. Thank you for your time.
Your VC&G Moderator Staff,
BFG10K, Markfw900, and Idontcare
Last edited:
Facebook
Twitter