Posted by Ron Hill on July 10, 2005, at 2:30:22
In reply to Re: Dr. Bob, do you want to revisit your DNP rules » crushedout, posted by alexandra_k on July 9, 2005, at 18:20:29
Hi Alexandra_k,
> It would be good to revise them - but I don't see how it is crucial.
I disagree. It's absolutely crucial.
> The message is:
> If someone requests you not post to them then do not post to them.
> How hard is that?Not hard at all so long as everyone knows the rules. But therein lays the problem. Generally speaking, each and every poster on this site does not necessarily have time to comb through every post to track down when and where Dr. Bob might have changed the rules via an edict hidden away somewhere within the text of a post buried in a long drawn out thread.
Instead, what we rely upon are the written rules of the site as listed in the policy sections of the FAQ. If Dr. Bob wakes up one morning and feels like changing the rules, then the appropriate changes need to be made in the FAQ.
Further, any enforcement actions taken by Dr. Bob should be based solely on the rules as written in the FAQ. Clearly, in the case of our friend Larry Hoover, the enforcement action was not based on the applicable written rule. Larry did not harass anyone within the posts in question.
-- Ron
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