Posted by Dr. Bob on October 30, 2004, at 6:04:22
In reply to Re: Lou's views » Lou Pilder, posted by gardenergirl on October 29, 2004, at 22:13:00
> The number of posts what what I meant was arbitrary.
Ah, I see. I liked Scott's response. :-)
> If you pick 2 I'll be tempted to do 3
> If you pick 3 I'll be tempted to do 4
> If you pick 4 I'll be tempted to do 5...
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> I am contrary (sigh).It can be a challenge to deal with contrary behavior (sigh).
> The trouble with rules is that there are always 'common sense' exceptions
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> alexandra_kThat's no trouble, exceptions can be made.
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> Could you please explain this concept about false positives etc?
> It's starting to sound like the instant replay rule in the NFL. If you request and are wrong..you lose a time out. :-O
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> ggThat's the idea.
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> I don't like the 3 strikes and you're out forever rule of A complaining about B. I think this would be detrimental to the board as the behavior of B might remain problematic for years.
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> - ScottIf the behavior of B were in fact problematic, those wouldn't be "strikes"...
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> another alternative to this is to have the determinations e-mailed to you instead of posted on the board.
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> P.s. I have lurked for years,(since 2000) and haven't registered until now, but felt this important. Thanks for listening.
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> willow.h.Thanks for unlurking. Emailing me has been and will continue to be fine, the question is whether, and if so how, to limit posted requests.
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> > > I can see an end-run around the rule. Once you've got your allotted three complaints from poster A you can *carefully* continue what you were doing and just keep on bugging poster A.
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> > No, that would be the rule working. If what you're doing is OK, you *should* be able to continue without being complained about...
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> Ah, but purposefully doing it, knowing it bothers someone is bad manners.
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> AuntieMelI applaud good manners, but:
1. The larger the group, the more likely *someone* is to be bothered.
2. People could also claim something bothered them just to stir things up.
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> if 100 Babblers are active in any given month, my suggestion of a three requests per month limit per person still allows up to 300 "requests for determination" each month
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> I think that collectively this should be sufficient to cover whatever difficulties arise with individual posters.
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> Mark H.My concern isn't difficulties being missed, but posters being bothered by these requests. 3 per month would mean a particular poster could be the subject of an unending stream of requests every 10 days?
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> These rules will affect the entire group at Babble, but there is just one individual whose repetetive requests are provoking the rules to be created in the first place.
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> partlycloudyIf just one individual litters, does that mean a rule against littering shouldn't be created?
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> I'm not sure how the moderator selection process works, as a couple other posters had volunteered at one point, and I never heard what became of that.
My idea was to get input from present and former deputy administrators, to give volunteers some guidelines, and to ask them to respond to some example situations to make sure they understood the guidelines, could use the administration system, and could phrase responses appropriately.
But I've been swamped, so unfortunately this hasn't moved forward...
> At any rate, I do not have the time or the desire to serve that role here... I'm afraid I don't have the confidence in my own abilities.
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> ggTime and desire, OK, but don't let confidence be an issue! :-)
Bob
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