Posted by Minnie-Haha on June 12, 2005, at 20:03:22
In reply to Re: any chance we could..., posted by so on June 12, 2005, at 16:08:19
> I want to emphasise that I object in the strongest way to the so-called three complaint rule being used to restrict general querries about particular phrases.
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> For example, if a person writes "UserName X was mean to me here" and another posts to the admin board "can a person write on Psycho-Babble that a particular member 'was mean to me'", thereby making the querry without citing a particular post where the statement was made, that is not a complaint -- that is a request for information.I don’t know about anyone else, but the queries I've been talking about are the ones that include identifiable quotes from and/or links to the poster and posts being challenged, thereby drawing attention not only to whether or not what was said is "OK", but also asking (even if indirectly) if said poster is civil. I don't think I'd object to someone asking "Is it within the guidelines of this forum to use the phrase ‘beating it [a subject] to death’?" But I do object to queries that point very specifically to what I or someone else has said. I object to it especially if the person asking 1) Has not asked the poster what he/she meant, or 2) Is not the subject of the post or thread, or 3) Is not actively participating in the thread, or at least the part of the thread being challenged. (Some threads here go on for years, with different posters entering and leaving along the way.)
> Otherwise, the so-called "three-complaint rule" would exclude anyone from the administration board who posts twice but does not win the approval of the administrator.
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> And if a person finds cases where similar statements are treated differently and cares to inquire about why such statements were treated in the way they were, instead of complaining specifically that they feel hurt or put down, again that is a question about administration and it is part of the accepted ethical obligations among professionals studying this new venue for medical support and information that such questions, when submitted, be made available for review by professional peers. Any effort to hide from any reviewer the scope or nature of questions about administration of a group such as this raises questions about whether a particular forum intends to follow particular ethical guidelines.If I’m following you right, I agree with some of what you've written here. But I would be very much interested in your opinion on my proposed variation on the 3-complaint rule. (I had problems with it, too, as I saw it proposed.)
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20050530/msgs/511068.html
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thread:511073
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