Post by richardkelsey on Nov 3, 2009 12:35:07 GMT -5
This heated campaign has once again brought emotions roiling out.
I get that.
However, here is what we are not going to do on this site during campaign season or any other time.
We are not going to call people spineless, internet trolls, or other names of the sort. It is against the guidelines of posting -- plain and simple.
A bigger issue is the latest rash of posts alleging misdeeds by other posters. If you want to make an allegation of wrong-doing, you better back it up with facts, examples, who, what, when, and where. I prefer sources.
It is not sufficient for ANY poster to come on here and say, a poster has made "racist" remarks. It is not permitted for posters to make unsubstantiated character attacks that provide readers with no facts.
We don't permit that here. And, I will ban these posts.
If you have information, sources, or first hand facts to support allegations, that is different. They will be treated as made.
For example -- and this is only an example. If you want to say,
Ted Miller beats his wife. You better furnish names, witnesses, and police report. If you want to say that anyone has spread false rumors, lies, misinformation or personal attacks about another -- you need to furnish the facts -- not the allegation.
I am not going to play referee on who is right, who is lying, or who is just causing trouble. I am going to rid these posts unless they come with facts.
Facts are not -- "another resident" or "I heard" or "someone told me." Facts are, see this site. See this e-mail.
If you want to right that a poster told you first hand something -- you better give the whole story, the when, the where, the why, and the full context. Even then, I may elect to remove the post if it is without any foundation.
I have no problem with people stating facts and drawing reasonable conclusions. For example, if you say a politician took 100K in contributions from a certain person, and then wanted to conclude that said politician was in the pocket of the donor -- that is a reasonable argument -- based on FACTS.
There are innumerable sites that will permit anonymous, irresponsible postings using fake names, multiple identities, and encouraging malicious activity. This is not one of those sites.
I get that.
However, here is what we are not going to do on this site during campaign season or any other time.
We are not going to call people spineless, internet trolls, or other names of the sort. It is against the guidelines of posting -- plain and simple.
A bigger issue is the latest rash of posts alleging misdeeds by other posters. If you want to make an allegation of wrong-doing, you better back it up with facts, examples, who, what, when, and where. I prefer sources.
It is not sufficient for ANY poster to come on here and say, a poster has made "racist" remarks. It is not permitted for posters to make unsubstantiated character attacks that provide readers with no facts.
We don't permit that here. And, I will ban these posts.
If you have information, sources, or first hand facts to support allegations, that is different. They will be treated as made.
For example -- and this is only an example. If you want to say,
Ted Miller beats his wife. You better furnish names, witnesses, and police report. If you want to say that anyone has spread false rumors, lies, misinformation or personal attacks about another -- you need to furnish the facts -- not the allegation.
I am not going to play referee on who is right, who is lying, or who is just causing trouble. I am going to rid these posts unless they come with facts.
Facts are not -- "another resident" or "I heard" or "someone told me." Facts are, see this site. See this e-mail.
If you want to right that a poster told you first hand something -- you better give the whole story, the when, the where, the why, and the full context. Even then, I may elect to remove the post if it is without any foundation.
I have no problem with people stating facts and drawing reasonable conclusions. For example, if you say a politician took 100K in contributions from a certain person, and then wanted to conclude that said politician was in the pocket of the donor -- that is a reasonable argument -- based on FACTS.
There are innumerable sites that will permit anonymous, irresponsible postings using fake names, multiple identities, and encouraging malicious activity. This is not one of those sites.