Posted by Dinah on January 4, 2005, at 7:31:58
In reply to Lou's request to Dinah as deputy for clarification, posted by Lou Pilder on January 4, 2005, at 7:09:17
Lou.
Dr. Bob has clearly stated that the deputy function is an emergency one for escalating situations. It does NOT apply to situations where he has already gone over the board. It does NOT apply to situations where he has made similar rulings that a type of post is ok by his standards. It does NOT mean that I can independently apply the civility standards to my liking rather than his. It is an extremely *limited* function.
Even if someone were to insult you directly, or another poster directly, it wouldn't fall under deputy guidelines unless it was an escalating situation, defined as at least an uncivil post and an uncivil reply or more than one uncivil posts by the same poster. Even then, it would have to be posts that are such a type as have been deemed uncivil by Dr. Bob in the past.
Since Dr. Bob has clearly and definitively let stand posts with a link to something that is not considered uncivil under the rules of the board, but that do have material that you consider objectionable somewhere within the material linked, but not the direct link, I am not about to override his judgement.
If you have a problem with that policy, please take it up with Dr. Bob as it is not part of the very limited deputy function as I described above.
Were I to so grossly overstep my bounds as to sanction something that Dr. Bob found ok, not only would he reverse my decision, but he would have every reason to rightly remove me as deputy. And I'd be the first to agree with that decision.
I'm sorry if you don't understand my position. I've explained as clearly as I can.
If Dr. Bob believes that my understanding of deputy guidelines are incorrect, I'm sure he'll feel free to correct me.
poster:Dinah
thread:437566
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20041218/msgs/437569.html