Scottie wrote:There is no shortage of outright name calling on this board. Douchebag, idiot, etc. are common. If you can provide me a context in which calling someone an idiot or a douchebag is "observation", then I'll re-think this. I can't think of any reason for this.
Yeah, that's probably a good litmus test. On the other hand, perhaps merely inserting those words into the word censor would be adequate?
Personally, I say we delete the entire response if a name is called. Sure would make people think twice before they engage in outright nasty namecalling, right?
Oh, I'd be worried about losing substance. I'd far rather move such content to the appropriate forum than delete it outright.
Jersey Girl wrote:Granted that what constitutes "personal attack" is in the eye of both the attacker and attackee, you can still act on the above already existing rule.
This is why I asked you about moving posts into the Mod Forum for deliberation.
Deliberating about posts would take WAY too long. The point of having moderators is to get things done more quickly, not to drag things out.
Another possible method is to drag the questionable posts into a "Queue Forum" where everyone can see the post in question, protest the removal of such if they will, etc.
That might disrupt the smooth flow of discussions even more than just moving it to the Telestial Forum and having the miscreant argue with us via PM.
liz3564 wrote:I certainly hope that your comment here was tongue-in-cheek.
Yes it was, but considering Ray A's final bout of accusations, I figured I'd better make it clear anyway.
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