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
We have a policy, yes?
See, I don't think that's a policy. It's kind of vague. When I say policy, I mean something firm and detailed with what constitutes a warning and how we notify that party, etc.
For example, once we have it in place, if we warn someone, I think they should get an email. The email would explain that this is an official warning and then the policy on warnings, suspensions and banning should be included so they are fully aware of what we're talking about.
What do you think B, C, and D are?
I think this is B. I dunno what C and D are yet.
What about yanking their asses into Bureaucracy? Is there a way to ban them from the threads except this one?
A sort of, "Yo, you're raising a ruckus, and we need to talk to you about it and see if we can reach an understanding."
Keeps the threads clean, and allows those weird ass compassionate people a chance to give training a troll a shot, without fucking everyone's posting experiences.
Gives 'em a shot at a fair hearing, takes them out of the situation.
...and we can do that, in our formally approved procedure, once we have a topic to do it in. I like the Dead Horses name. It amuses me.
...er, and that was a reply to Dana, several posts up.
those weird ass compassionate people
Well, at least you didn't add "Conservative". Proud to be a member of the Weird Ass tribe.
For example, once we have it in place, if we warn someone, I think they should get an email. The email would explain that this is an official warning and then the policy on warnings, suspensions and banning should be included so they are fully aware of what we're talking about.
I like this. This should be clear.
We still run into this:
Okay. So, first step. We decide if we're a) happy with having the entire community participate in enforcement, b) want the Stompies to handle it by themselves, or c) create a new group of people to handle the enforcement.
Oh-- and I think the whole community should participate in enforcement-- in the chill and doblerize and hey you are being a PIA way.
It is more the when exactly do we give a warning that I am not sure the whole community can participate in given the need for timliness and our penchant for discussion.
Remember, peeps. No talking in the Press and Beep Me threads.
Part of why I think the m/S/A situation was so difficult is that it was the first one. There was no existing policy for us to refer to when dealing with him. We had to feel our way through it. In retrospect, I know there are things I wish we’d done differently (like, making mieskie aware of this thread and that he was being discussed).
Good point. And that may be part of the reason that the current system feels broken -- it never had to work before.
What if, before going to the moderator option, we tried to create a policy for handling problem posters?
I'm not wedded to my suggestion. I'd be happy to hear others.
And, yes, all the folk here participate in the decision. Participatory democracy is not a clean, easy process.
