Author: Chessfun
Date: 14:20:15 11/26/00
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On November 26, 2000 at 14:15:31, Severi Salminen wrote: >>>>Well, just to inform you also, we have this thread system because we could >>>>follow certain topics easier. It has nothing to do with interest to his matches. >>>>It is the same if everybody wants to read them or nobody, it is just a matter of >>>>makeing things clearer. Maybe this place needs some basic rules as many still >>>>don't know simple basics of posting to a forum or NG... >>>> >>>>Severi >>> >>>You are right that he should have posted this to one thread, but you aren't >>>going to get a lot of support for the idea of "rules". >> >> >>Shoulda/woulda/coulda. There are no rules that state he should post >>to one thread. There are people who come here and post and have fun >>doing it. Daniel I think is one of them, to expect that he should follow >>more rules that don't even exist, after the recent blow-up over his headers >>is unfair. > >Nobody said there are any rules - still many of us don't post garbage every day. >And I think you also understand why I suggested Daniel to have posted to a >single thread, don't you? Messages belonging to same topic and thread _should_ >(not _must_) be posted to the same thread, simple? > >I don't think we should have very strict rules, but we should have a some sort >of etiquette that describes what this forum is all about and states what kind of >messages are allowed to post to this forum and what are not. If we had rules we >would not have to argue about moderation of this forum. Rules would many >unpleasant things much easier to handle. And this "netiquette" would definitely >make this place even more functional. It would be easier to find the "hot" >thread and to skip uninteresting ones. > >Severi Why not, we have rules now and still argue about moderation. How would your rules solve the problem, deleting threads or warning posters for lack of this "netiquette" would simply result in more argument. We allow posts which already at times are not allowed by the charter but we would censor others for no netiquette.. Sarah.
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