Posted by Deputy Dinah on August 13, 2008, at 8:58:08
In reply to Re: Outstanding notifications » Deputy Racer, posted by Dena on August 13, 2008, at 0:20:39
> Thank you for your considerate response, Racer. You're right, I wasn't notified. Thank you for acknowledging that. I accept your apology.
I apologize also. There is no mechanism in place to track whether notifications are responded to. We try to do it, but sometimes, especially if we ask Dr. Bob about something, or if a lot of notifications come in at once, things do get lost.
> I enumerated some of them in this post: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20080719/msgs/845229.html
The guidelines are very clear on this. Specific posts are not to be discussed on Administration. Problems with a specific poster are not to be discussed on Administration. That may not have been the rule when you were posting here before, but it is the rule now.
> However, there are still numerous posts that are allowed to remain, both causing harm to others, and setting a bad precedent for futue posting.
> It continues to look as though this site enforces the rules inconsistently.There is nothing inconsistent about this. Dr. Bob only removes posts by posters who are currently blocked and have reregistered under another posting name. Posts are not removed for incivility. There have been calls to change that policy, and it is appropriate to use the administrative board as a place to suggest that change of rule, so long as you don't refer to or link specific posts or posters.
> I deplore the controlling rules here, for I believe it stifles conversation among adults, creating a punitive and juvenile atmosphere.
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> However -- if the rules are going to remain in place, they at least ought to be fairly implemented.
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> That's not happening.
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> It's been pointed out by many.
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> We're met with silence, and petty hand-slapping.
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> Shalom, DenaYou have been referring to posts that were made in 2004. There is nothing deputies can do about Dr. Bob's actions. Dr. Bob has been pretty consistent in not going back years to give PBC's. And PBC's have consistently been considered to cover all posts made prior to the PBC. So that if a poster was PBC'd for something after a given post, the PBC is deemed to cover that post as well.
You've been met with silence from deputies in part because there is nothing we can do about what you're reporting. I seriously doubt Dr. Bob will be inconsistent in his own Administrative policy of not reviewing administrative decisions made that far back, and I know he will not be inconsistent in his own policies to remove uncivil posts. Uncivil posts against any number of posters still remain in the archive, because Dr. Bob does not remove uncivil posts.
This site is run, and paid for, by Dr. Bob. I don't always agree with his decisions any more than anyone else does. But it's his site, and he has the ability to make the rules.
Dinah, acting as deputy to Dr. Bob
poster:Deputy Dinah
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URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20080719/msgs/845882.html