According to P&N community polling results, 36% of those who voted expressed a desire for moderators to prioritize the sanctioning "Insults, Personal Attacks, Flaming, Flamebaiting, and Inflammatory rhetoric".
If approved, the following Examples 1 and 2 would become sanctionable violations in P&N while Example 3 would still be allowed.
Example 1: This would become a posting violation in P&N
Example 2: This would become a posting violation in P&N
Example 3: This would remain an acceptable post in P&N
Voting in this poll will be public and the poll will close in 7 days.
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In the event that the posting rule is approved for adoption by the P&N community, the moderation team here recognizes this type of guideline is very much specific to the existing "community culture" and that this culture changes and evolves over time as the individual members themselves change their viewpoints over time plus the community ranks fluctuate with the addition of new members.
In the spirit of accommodating this reality, the moderators intend to make the guideline policy amendment, as proposed in the poll, to be in effect for a period of 3 months by having the policy expire 3 months from the date of its adoption.
After the 3 month trial-period we would have another community poll to determine if the community still wants to keep the policy or if the community's position had since changed in time based on the experience generated while the policy was in effect.
Think of it as a "try it before you buy" type opportunity.
Administrator Idontcare
After conducting an Open Mic thread on the specific topic of insults, personal attacks, and flaming, we are now taking a vote on whether or not P&N is to adopt a "No Personal Attacks or Insults" posting guideline.
If approved, the following Examples 1 and 2 would become sanctionable violations in P&N while Example 3 would still be allowed.
Example 1: This would become a posting violation in P&N
^ Directly attacking the poster, not the post.Poster XYZ said:
Example 2: This would become a posting violation in P&N
^ Indirectly attacking the poster, not the post.Poster XYZ said:
Example 3: This would remain an acceptable post in P&N
^ Directing the attack towards the position in the post, not attacking the poster.Poster XYZ said:
Voting in this poll will be public and the poll will close in 7 days.
======= Expiration/Trial-Period =======
In the event that the posting rule is approved for adoption by the P&N community, the moderation team here recognizes this type of guideline is very much specific to the existing "community culture" and that this culture changes and evolves over time as the individual members themselves change their viewpoints over time plus the community ranks fluctuate with the addition of new members.
In the spirit of accommodating this reality, the moderators intend to make the guideline policy amendment, as proposed in the poll, to be in effect for a period of 3 months by having the policy expire 3 months from the date of its adoption.
After the 3 month trial-period we would have another community poll to determine if the community still wants to keep the policy or if the community's position had since changed in time based on the experience generated while the policy was in effect.
Think of it as a "try it before you buy" type opportunity.
Administrator Idontcare
