Posted by special_k on April 18, 2006, at 9:18:32
In reply to Blocks should be a private administrative matter, posted by greywolf on April 17, 2006, at 21:05:05
> I suggest that the debate about blocking policies is unresolvable, as has been emphatically demonstrated recently.
The point that it has not been solved yet... Doesn't show that it is unresolvable.
Life wasn't explained for a number of years...
Reproduction...
The nature of mind...
We can of course give up. But that is what it is. Giving up. And progress could be made... But it never will be if people give up.
> I recommend that this site follow the same blocking procedure adopted by other posting sites: if you're blocked, that's between you and the site admin. You can appeal all you want, and you can have others weigh in with their support, but it is a PRIVATE matter not open to debate on the boards.And if people insist on posting about it then they shall be blocked or their posts shall be moved to the trash? I would leave if this site turned into that. IMHO that is the tactic of someone who can't justify their decisions. I would leave.
> While it is admirable that blocking policies may be debated ad nauseum on the Admin Board...Now this is an issue that I would be careful to observe the three posts limit on... If people stop posting to the topic then I shall stop. If people keep talking about it... Then so shall I. People do tend to drop issues (legitimate issues) like hotcakes after someone gets a blocking. Like how people disperse after the cops show up. People can be fickle like that (not a criticism just an observation).
>I think that the number, length, and intensity of these debates may be undermining the point of the civility policy. From what I see, these recent debates have started to create bad feelings, both interpersonally and regarding certain boards.
I think there have been bad feelings re this issue for a while now. And not just in me. This is a recurrent issue. I've just decided to bring it back on the agenda. But of course I didn't do that all by myself. There has been a lot of input from others as well. And IMHO that is a good thing.
If you are finding the discussion unpleasant you can of course choose to stop reading and return to pleasantries over on social or wherever... I can't make you read. And I don't intend to make you read. It is up to you.
> I recommend that the best policy is wholly private handling of blocking disputes.I have seen that work (rather badly IMHO at other boards).
And it hasn't always been able to be observed.
ie sometimes everyone / most people seem to go off and issues do need to be addressed publicly. This way saves sending similar responses to everyone. Also keeps everything above board re consistency etc.
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