From a quick search, newbies don't need to know, because it only applies to a subset of the threads archived at the time of the discussion.

Hey Jon, do you recall if any of the FAQ changes (from the tina f FAQ clean-up) changed policy or were they just clarifications and cleaning up clutter?

It was opt-in, so it's up to Erinaceous to let newbies know, if she needs more bodies.

Ahh, now I remember. That's right, and I did vote in it.

I'm pretty sure it was just clarifications and clutter clearing (cluck-cluck), but I wouldn't swear to it.

msbelle, did the sixth item get withdrawn, without a vote? Or did we just go into the ballot, knowing it was going down?

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I'm remembering that we wanted to avoid setting ourselves up for rules lawyers. Isn't that why we restricted our discipline-related entry to vague comments about demon-like behavior?

I don't think the world will end if we do change the etiquette guide over this. That said, I think an entry in the FAQ, saying something about our expectations over user names might be better. Honestly though, mostly? I think we should let the whole thing go.

I think if someone makes a sock puppet, and doesn't put his usual Buffista name in the tagline or his user profile, *and also* refuses to come clean with his usual Buffista user name if asked in thread, I'd rather we handle it as it arose. As long as none of the sock puppets are being abusive, it really is a matter of taste. If one of the sock puppets is being abusive, we already have a mechanism to handle it.

will someone hold Jon B in contempt, he won't swear. my next proposal is that the pinky-swear be the official "swear" technique on the board.

oh well, thanks.

I took a look back at discussiona nd I can;t find anything that was policy oriented. I'll ask tina.

#6 was not withdrawn - it was defeated.

I think this was a good and useful discussion to have, and I'm glad that it isn't coming to a vote (and also glad that the discussion is remaining open to those of us who weren't around yesterday). FWIW, I'm not real fond of the sockpuppets, and I generally side with those who find them disruptive and in-jokey. I think that establishing a community standard (or whatever we're calling it) that encourages people to identify themselves in their profile would go a long way towards alleviating my dislike of the sockpuppets, and would also--at least for me--make them easier to ignore if they were annoying me.

It was in discussion of #6 that we worked up the idea (okay, I worked it up) that you could withdraw a proposal with no consequences and no moratorium, I think. Or, sometime soon after that.

It involved tongue-waggling.

It involved tongue-waggling.

Would you care to demonstrate?