CF Reform being planned

crazyfingers said:

I'll accept that you concede the point.



Have I suggested otherwise? I have not suggested that users should not be accountable for their actions. All I have suggested is that accountability should to be consistent and in line with a well communicated prevailing practice. Otherise it is or will be seen to be arbitrary and subject to the whims of the the moderators.





By raising the issue in the first place perhaps?



Then perhaps your comment "But, A certain amount of diplomacy has to be exercised also when wanting some changes. Erwin is right to be upset about this. Pushing the buck to far is not going to net anything. Right ??" was unnecessary?



Once again, No. Warnings are based on the moderators' interpretations of the rules and whether a comment from a user was a violation. The issue is whether one moderators' interpretation is consistent with other moderators' interpretations; whether that interpretation is consistent across other cases and whether there exists a well communicated prevailing practice of interpretation on that rule or whether the judgment of the moderator is largely arbitrary.

As it is, there is little, by way of the current system, to know whether it is arbitrary or not. There is largely no mechanism to force a prevailing practice on the moderators or a system to communcate that to the users.

No system will ensure perfect consistency, however any system that strives for consistency of interpretation, and communication of that interpretation to the users at large, needs to have a mechanism to do that. I have not seem such a mechanism here.



Good. Then I suspect that you support changes that will create a mechanism that will tend to cause consistency in the interpretation of the rules? What better mechanism that a higher level of transparency?



The above comments appear to have nothing to do with anything that I have said and appear to suggest that have argued against those comments. I have not. The above appears to be a red herring.

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CaDan said:

So I came up with this one in the shower.

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How about color coding official Staff contacts?

I understand that official Staff contacts are generated with a system that has templates for various things. What if there was a color system for various "levels" of contacts? That way members could know at a glance how much trouble they were in.

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loribee59 said:

Debi, whether he was singing in the shower-- on-key or not, he sure comes up with a doozy of a good idea, yes?

There were times I get great ideas in the bathroom....regardless of what I'm doing in there. I think at the times I'm the most relaxed is when I come up with stuff I never thought of.

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loribee59 said:

Debi, whether he was singing in the shower-- on-key or not, he sure comes up with a doozy of a good idea, yes?

There were times I get great ideas in the bathroom....regardless of what I'm doing in there. I think at the times I'm the most relaxed is when I come up with stuff I never thought of.

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debiwebi said:

Ok so I have to give it to him that it was a good idea but really now .....

Oh the pictures that could go through my mind ...........................OHHHHHHH did I just say that out loud ............................ just kidding I promise

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debiwebi said:

That was the cutest thing.... too cute ... you have to tell me where you got that one please.....

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loribee59 said:

Check your PM...

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