I don't know who Dr. Loyd is, but my instinct is to say that if he shows up and trolls, we follow our laws, warn him, and then suspend him.
Strong like an Amazon.
Tara ,'Storyteller'
Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
Lyra Jane - Dec 31, 2002 6:19:56 am PST #1744 of 10001
Up with the sun
Jon B. - Dec 31, 2002 6:33:11 am PST #1745 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
If he's as bad as everyone says, I don't see why we're even discussing him. We would automatically do what Lyra says. It's the borderline cases that we have trouble with.
Lyra Jane - Dec 31, 2002 7:34:25 am PST #1746 of 10001
Up with the sun
It's the borderline cases that we have trouble with.
True. Did we ever formalize the "three stompy feet" rule? It should be added to the etiquette if we have.
(Also, do newbies get a copy of the etiquette? If so, the filk version or the straight one? I don't want anyone to be able to claim we didn't TELL them the rules, and it seems like we're working from the straight version right now.)
Cindy - Dec 31, 2002 9:29:41 am PST #1747 of 10001
Nobody
This is the person that has the (at least on the face of the Beta) same IP number as I do. S/He's lied about Allyson (and me and Narrator and others). The thought of this person here makes me vomit and may well cause me to hawk my PC, cancel my broadband service, change my name and move to the South Pole. YreactionMV. ijs. No, no, for the love of Joss, no. Please no. Please, please, please. Let's be unfair, just this once (twice if a 'Web Warlock' tries to register - and imo - that average joe person very well may have been WW).
Goes off in search of Allyson's sandwich board.
edited to add - I gave this person every chance in the world, by the way, to act decently and start anew.
Laura - Dec 31, 2002 10:57:24 am PST #1748 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
The guidelines we discussed prior to the Phoenix rising have been working brilliantly. During those long discussions there were many what-if scenarios that caused fear among the troops. Take deep breaths and have confidence that this lovely community will thrive in the new year. My vote FWIW is to stay the course and follow the guidelines established.
Anne W. - Dec 31, 2002 11:01:25 am PST #1749 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I would also like to see us follow the guidelines. We've had minimal trolling, and it seems as if one potential nuisance has been behaving him/herself admirably of late. People can learn, usually.
scrappy - Dec 31, 2002 11:02:38 am PST #1750 of 10001
Nobody
Yeah--the worst that will happen is that we endure a couple days of annnoying posts from an asshole and then the stompy feet will stomp. We aren't as public as the beta or the Bronze, which is a big help.
P.M. Marc - Dec 31, 2002 3:18:44 pm PST #1751 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
He got a warning, he's not playing nice, he's pissing my shit off. Spork him.
victor infante - Dec 31, 2002 3:19:35 pm PST #1752 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Kill him.
Coming kind of close...
P.M. Marc - Dec 31, 2002 3:20:11 pm PST #1753 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Hee. You got me before the red fog cleared to a light pink mist.