From: David McFadzean (david@lucifer.com)
Date: Wed Aug 06 2003 - 21:08:25 MDT
The recent conflict on the list has escalated to the point where I
am forced to lay down the law before it is ready. The plan was to
use the new reputation system (or something like it) to establish
CoV policy including rules concerning proscribed behaviors in the
public forums and measures for dealing with transgressors.
In the meantime, since I have the power to do so I will lay down
my own law, wild west style. Once the new system is in place we
will be able to ratify it or amend it as much as needed.
As of now we will not tolerate personal attacks in any CoV forum
(including the list, BBS, and #virus channel). I won't bother
defining what constitutes a personal attack, we have seen many
examples lately, and ultimately (for now) it is up to me to decide
so err on the side of caution.
Anyone breaking this rule (in my view) will suffer The Silencing
for a period of one week on their first offence. This means they
will be unsubscribed from the mailing list, their account will
be disabled on the BBS by changing the password, and they will
be banned from the #virus channel. In other words, they will be
unable to participate in any CoV public forums (though they are
free to read the archives as a non-member). On the second offence
the period will double to 2 weeks, and will double again for
every offence after that.
Any and all trangressions that happened before this message hits
the archives are hereby pardoned. Public apologies for past
transgressions will be gratefully accepted, but excuses will
be politely ignored.
Until we have a more formal system in place (hopefully soon),
I reserve the right to add more rules governing behavior in
the public forums. Anything not explicitly prohibited is permitted,
but please don't use that as an excuse for regrettable behavior.
David Lucifer
First Host, Church of Virus
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