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Luuuc
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 Posted: 04/04/18 6:49 pm ::: Unwritten Rules |
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We don't have a set of written rules here that govern behaviour.
If we did though, they might go a little something like this:
1. Show some common decency to others.
We're a community, and we're discussing a sport that we all love. So show at least a basic level of decency to others in the community, and the people who play, coach, administer, referee, etc. the sport we are all here for.
(If this rule existed, it would rarely need enforcing, as this place is pretty good in this regard)
2. Don't throw personal insults at other posters.
If this was a rule then people would occasionally need to be reminded of it, as it seems some people can't disagree without taking it to a personal level.
3. Disagreements are not a bad thing.
This place runs on perceptions and opinions, not just plain facts. Everyone is welcome to an opinion, even if it is unpopular, as long as they can express it without contravening the other hypothetical rules. I'm yet to see anyone who is right all the time. Being in disagreement with other posters, with a journalist, with a coach, with a referee, with a GM, with the president of the WNBA, with the Dalai Lama, does not invalidate your opinion. It'd be pretty boring if there was only one right opinion to have about a subject.
4. Don't be a dick.
If you can't state an opinion without taking little [not nearly as subliminal as you think you are being] jabs at other people, then it's best for everyone that you leave that opinion unstated.
5. The health of the forum is more important than any one individual.
If there were written rules, that is why they would exist.
The above is just my brief take on things at this moment in time, but it's probably worth noting because my tolerance levels for bullshit are lowering in light of the recent squabbling.
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| Posted: 04/04/18 6:52 pm ::: Re: Unwritten Rules |
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| Luuuc wrote: |
We don't have a set of written rules here that govern behaviour.
If we did though, they might go a little something like this:
1. Show some common decency to others.
We're a community, and we're discussing a sport that we all love. So show at least a basic level of decency to others in the community, and the people who play, coach, administer, referee, etc. the sport we are all here for.
(If this rule existed, it would rarely need enforcing, as this place is pretty good in this regard)
2. Don't throw personal insults at other posters.
If this was a rule then people would occasionally need to be reminded of it, as it seems some people can't disagree without taking it to a personal level.
3. Disagreements are not a bad thing.
This place runs on perceptions and opinions, not just plain facts. Everyone is welcome to an opinion, even if it is unpopular, as long as they can express it without contravening the other hypothetical rules. I'm yet to see anyone who is right all the time. Being in disagreement with other posters, with a journalist, with a coach, with a referee, with a GM, with the president of the WNBA, with the Dalai Lama, does not invalidate your opinion. It'd be pretty boring if there was only one right opinion to have about a subject.
4. Don't be a dick.
If you can't state an opinion without taking little [not nearly as subliminal as you think you are being] jabs at other people, then it's best for everyone that you leave that opinion unstated.
5. The health of the forum is more important than any one individual.
If there were written rules, that is why they would exist. |
This should be the Golden Rule ! Nice outline Luuc
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| Posted: 04/05/18 10:23 am ::: |
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| Why don't we have written rules?
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| Posted: 04/05/18 12:40 pm ::: |
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| pilight wrote: |
| Why don't we have written rules? |
Don't be a dick!
j/k
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jammerbirdi
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| Posted: 04/05/18 3:52 pm ::: |
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| pilight wrote: |
| Why don't we have written rules? |
Why can't we just keep telepathically implanting them into you guys like we always have?
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| Posted: 04/05/18 4:15 pm ::: |
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| jammerbirdi wrote: |
| pilight wrote: |
| Why don't we have written rules? |
Why can't we just keep telepathically implanting them into you guys like we always have? |
It doesn't seem to be working. This same problem keeps cropping up. Do I need to resend the draft of potential written rules I sent the last time this debate came up?
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| Posted: 04/05/18 4:44 pm ::: |
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| pilight wrote: |
| jammerbirdi wrote: |
| pilight wrote: |
| Why don't we have written rules? |
Why can't we just keep telepathically implanting them into you guys like we always have? |
It doesn't seem to be working. This same problem keeps cropping up. Do I need to resend the draft of potential written rules I sent the last time this debate came up? |
No. You've won me over.
Luuuc, why can't you just put something down in writing, mate? Nobody's getting all this bwalla-bwalla and gourd thumping from down under. Just WRITE IT DOWN already. We can't go on like this with nothing ever being put into words and sentences that people can actually read.
Is it a lack of writing instruments and stationary that bedevils you? What then?
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| Posted: 04/05/18 9:18 pm ::: |
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| But doesn't this technically make them written?
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jammerbirdi
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| Posted: 04/05/18 9:46 pm ::: |
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| But doesn't this technically make them written? |
Ring-a-Ding-Ding.
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| Posted: 04/05/18 9:57 pm ::: |
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| But doesn't this technically make them written? |
Well, no, it says right at the top we don't have written rules. This is the board rules version of OJ's "If I Did It".
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| Posted: 04/05/18 9:58 pm ::: |
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| Plus, technically they were typed, not written.
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| Posted: 04/08/18 8:22 pm ::: |
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| jammerbirdi wrote: |
| pilight wrote: |
| jammerbirdi wrote: |
| pilight wrote: |
| Why don't we have written rules? |
Why can't we just keep telepathically implanting them into you guys like we always have? |
It doesn't seem to be working. This same problem keeps cropping up. Do I need to resend the draft of potential written rules I sent the last time this debate came up? |
No. You've won me over.
Luuuc, why can't you just put something down in writing, mate? Nobody's getting all this bwalla-bwalla and gourd thumping from down under. Just WRITE IT DOWN already. We can't go on like this with nothing ever being put into words and sentences that people can actually read.
Is it a lack of writing instruments and stationary that bedevils you? What then? |
I was taught in school all those Aussies are fresh off the convict boats from England. What can you expect?
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| Posted: 04/12/18 5:24 pm ::: |
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I was taught in school all those Aussies are fresh off the convict boats from England. What can you expect? |
I guess the difference between the people who ended up in Australia and people who went to the USA was that those that ended up in Australia were the ones that were caught.
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| Posted: 04/17/18 4:59 pm ::: |
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| I for glad we don’t have racist mascots and names. I can’t tell you how much I hate Washington r******s name. Having to battle against that name on Twitter just drains us as Indigenous people. Kudos to the WNBA for having class. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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