Be Polite!

[armstrong]

Guys, we're seriously considering a moratorium on political threads, seeing how it tends to divide instead of unite our community. But before we go that route, we'll first try strict implementation of this longtime rule:

Be Polite! - Do not post any messages that are obscene, vulgar, sexually-orientated, hateful, threatening, or otherwise violative of any laws. Be polite! Debate and heated discussions are okay, however posting rude, attacking, insulting, profane and uncalled for comments are not allowed and may result in the permanent termination of your account.

I realize that there were many past posts that were blatantly impolite, and yet ignored or allowed to proceed. Moving forward, we shall impose official warnings for each infraction of the above rule, even if you are only replying to a previous insult. Earn enough warning points in a spcified period, and you might actually earn a ban.

It doesn't matter how long you've been around, or how good/bad you were in the past. From this point on, we shall be implementing this rule strictly, and on everyone!

Some notes (I'll keep adding as they come up):
- Placing swear words in asterisks, such as a** or f***, would still be considered insulting if addressed to someone on NP. So saying "Hey so-and-so, you're an a**!" is not ok, but saying "So-and-so politician is an a**" is ok.

 

[adam_uk]

fu

:P jk

 

[webm@ster]

Mm, interesting..... :tu:

 

[Qwert]

Yeah and with people taking freedom away comes Nazis

Yep...

And as far as offending people, this is a forum and 99% of people here don't know each other (some might, otherwise I would have said 100%) so I really don't care all that much what people here think of me.

The only posts that really bothered me were the completly useless made up phrases by DSL. And the 1 post by Lee that armstrong edited (before he edited it)

 

[Sabre]

Yep...

And as far as offending people, this is a forum and 99% of people here don't know each other (some might, otherwise I would have said 100%) so I really don't care all that much what people here think of me.

The only posts that really bothered me were the completly useless made up phrases by DSL. And the 1 post by Lee that armstrong edited (before he edited it)

you mean know them personally or know them because you speak to them and are friendly towards each other and talk,

becuase if you mean the latter, its probably about 75% lol....

 

[Ber|Art]

yeah, I do not know Sabre Hosting personaly, but I still know him form speaking to him at this Forum and I think that one of the problems is, that people do not care, why byting at eachother? There is no point, dissagreing is normal but this can be done without cursing or figting IMO.

 

[Qwert]

I mean personally knowing someone. Yeah I know all of you over this forum but I've never (or atleast I think I have never) met any of you personally.

 

[Ber|Art]

You are are welcome if you ever come to the Netherlands I know what you mean but still I think I know you a little although I never actualy met you. What I want to say is that being polite brings more than being a *hole IMO

 

[geoffe]

...Can't help but feeling a bit guilty over that whole incident as well. But it is water under the bridge and I did communicate with LeeRyder via PM to sort of appologize and respect differences. Sorry forum members for that rather ugly incident. I still HATE politics!

 

[Sabre]

glad to hear it..... may it continue for a long time yet !! :tu:

 

[rabid_nerd]

... I still HATE politics!

Woah.. WTF happened around here?

I must have missed some good fights.

All I know is politics isn't on a Domain Name Message Board.

I've been on the streets in Pennsylvania for the last three months after work every day making sure it stayed where it belonged, and it did.

I also got a "must-see website" nod from the state's premier political news source for an attack ad site I made for a state-wide candidate.

And finally when all was said and done, my first budget as councilman is balanced (no tax hikes), giving our staff $2/hour raises (to the going regional rate to stop more people from leaving for other jobs) and cutting garbage service fees by 20%.

The big problem with politics is that not enough people are involved. When more people are involved, and I mean beyond voting, then those in power have to cater to the people to keep their jobs because others are waiting to get in behind them. But we don't create that pressure anymore on many incumbents, and that's a big problem..

So, what kind of political discussion was it? Topical? Or just ad hoc mud slinging?

 

[Qwert]

Sorry forum members for that rather ugly incident. I still HATE politics!

So I missed whatever happened? Damn it, I always miss it when somethings going on.

 

[geoffe]

Missed? It was really not that exciting.

 

[Sabre]

nope its all behind us now... (i hope) :lol:

 

[middlebe]

wow

I'm glad I missed the battle :lol:

peace and love everybody :wave:

newbe

 

[suthra]

I apologize for my behavoir. My only problem is that people like LeeRyder don't like if someone has an opinion that differs from their own and has to critizise and pull apart anything you say if they don't like it.

Creating politics in a ..... :D

 

[Scorpio]

Whatwas it all about anyways...

 

[MissFlora]

I happen to see more and more impolite people in namepros now and then...Man, when will they learn to grow up?

Flora.

 

[armstrong]

I happen to see more and more impolite people in namepros now and then...Man, when will they learn to grow up?

Flora.

Use the "Report Bad Post" feature by clicking

when people cross the line. Moderators try to catch these problems early, but of course NP is so big now that sometimes its not possible to absorb everything that's posted.

 

[She Unlimited]

Debates

Having these rules in place is a grand idea in my humbling opinion. I hope the debates continue which bring familiarity, and understanding to any given topic that is being debated. I do wish for them to continue without name calling. A healthy debate even if there are dissimilar opinions is valuable in any community and natural.

Even if we can not acquiesce in the debate, we as members should respect one another in, out, and off the debated topics. The debated topics should not hinder our respect for one another relating to other issues, IT related etc.

So and so member may not agree with Mr. or Mrs. So and so, but he or she should not be ostracized either.

I really like this forum and community and have found many members paying it forward. For example, I had bought a template from someone here, who just gave me an image not a template, no index files, nothing. A kind member helped me out, as I try to do the same with others if I can.

This in essence is a community.

Good Vibes All!

 

[suppau]

No problem with me..I love all the people here.