dljwhitewolf Moderated - Non-Conformance To Editorial Policy - Page 3

tude · #21 08-02-2008, 09:34 AM

Just something to consider... instead of disregard to policy, it is possible there could be other issues beyond dl's control that's a problem. In my unprofessional opinion, there was a manic quality to dl's posts. Please correct me dl if I am wrong, I am trying to be understanding and this comes from my personal and professional experience. I know all too well the difficulty in treating and battling more than one illness. Just something to think about.

Kindly, tude

Kathy · #22 08-02-2008, 10:13 AM

Donna-Lynne, only you can tell us for certain, however that is a very astute observation tude, it could very well be. Additionally, even if there is no official diagnosis, sleep deprivation can cause mania occasionally. Donna-Lynne did complain frequently of insomnia.

grace5555 · #23 08-02-2008, 11:08 AM

My unprofessional opinion as well, Tude. I would hope we would jump into helping before we jump so fast to punishment and moderation.

Nicolette · #24 08-02-2008, 12:49 PM

In the poll for disclosure and non disclosure some interesting topics were discussed and many voiced an opinion that disclosure should be select...as in not to embarrass anyone. The "Bec" incident being the classic example.

My point; Anthony says he does not rush to ban anyone yet it seems that everyone is now questioning what he has decided. Has anyone considered there are more facts to this which we are not privy to due to maintaining the privacy as well as dignity of Donna-Lynne? Has everyone already forgotten what Anthony has publicly said and not taken it into consideration?

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Originally Posted by anthony

No moderation is permanent, all members who get moderated can undo their own damage and its not by apologising or the like, its simply undoing what they did wrong in the first place. Prove otherwise, prove you can follow rules and work within the community and not against it as a whole.

A member won't go into moderation challenging me, arguing with me or telling me their two cents.... it all slides off me and I don't mind good healthy debate. What I do mind though is when an individual takes upon themselves to create or do their own thing outside of the forum general rules. This is why I minimised rules back to a bare basics level, so there are common rules that apply to us all, and outside of those go hard as I acknowledge what PTSD is and what it entails.

Very rarely would I ever ban someone, again, as mentioned in the bec thread I was the least likely person to do such, instead it was another who wanted to ban a person. Spammers get banned immediately, no issue with that one. A person who argues with me doesn't get banned or moderated. A person who comes on the forum as a troll, in other words, they try and disrupt the forum entirely towards all members, they will be moderated.

Members will typically not ever require to be moderated unless they break some basic rules, such as:

Posting here in anger constantly
Posting here when drunk or drugged constantly
Posting here where the posts are so hard to read they disrupt thread topics
Fail to comply with the basic rules of grammar, spelling, linking, etc.
Lie, cheat or be deceptive in nature to me or members surrounding issues (not trauma therapy obviously)

No member need be an A+ speller, as you can use tools such as Firefox with a dictionary that will help you, thus negate the issue for the most part. I compensate for that, I provide links to the tools to help members who struggle in those areas, I have lessened rules to a bare minimum so the community as a whole is more relaxed and easy.

So in essence, very rare for a member to be moderated or banned, unless that member wants to be an individual and not follow simple community rules.

Nicolette · #25 08-02-2008, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Nicolette

My point; Anthony says he does not rush to ban anyone yet it seems that everyone is now questioning what he has decided.

Oops... I meant to say Anthony does not rush to moderate anyone..... I wrote 'ban'. Apologies but same applies for banning anyway from what I understand.

Kathy · #26 08-02-2008, 01:17 PM

I completely agree Nicolette in that there is much going on behind the scenes that members are unaware of. I personally support Anthony in his decisions. Though I will say I do not see everyone in this thread questioning Anthony's decision. There are a variety of opinions and thoughts on this matter. That is typical in a community such as this; rarely will everyone be in agreement.

Nicolette · #27 08-02-2008, 01:26 PM

My apologies on the choice of word "everyone". It was not intended as such and I should have used the word "some".

grace5555 · #28 08-02-2008, 02:10 PM

<<<<<<Bowing out of the discussion...I knew in the first place better then to get involved...sorry...

anthony · #29 09-02-2008, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by cactus_jack

Since dl is the focus of this subject, why are there no replies for him/her?

Nothing has been posted by DL to this thread. She has only posted the one post after her moderation in which I removed, as it was posted to just any old thread and had nothing but angry outbursts at myself about her being moderated. In fact, even that was difficult to read. I hope that answers your question though CJ!

This comes back to my responsibility on whether or not I let a member devalue themselves and privacy issues, I chose not to allow DL to publicly devalue herself here. Her post was to myself, it was deleted afterwards, though it was not upon this thread, otherwise it would have been relevant and I would have allowed it due to it being her opinion. The fact it was posted on any old thread, one which wasn't even close to this, told me it was nothing more than to myself, and it is left at that.

The facts are: DL was moderated for failing to comply with simple instructions to comply with the basic rules of editorial policy this forum requires. There is no argument, no debate into this matter, the decision is made and the majority have spoken surrounding public notification of these matters as per the poll. If DL wants to respond in an appropriate manner, DL is free too. DL did advise me though that she did not want to comply with the rules of this forum and was going to open her own. I wished her the best of luck on her way.

End of story and there is no controversy.

veiled · #30 09-02-2008, 06:56 PM

You know even if she did not respond to PMs. So what? When did we have to? So she had run on sentences? Not a news flash people cannot nor do type and write great English or even comprehending. So since when does one responding you do not like her writing style and her lack of response mean it is "disrespect"? Blowing off rules? Why cannot people just be normal and lack some skills? Her is a news flash we ain't perfect. So let her "punishment" which is total bullshit you are doing over poor typing. just be her own. Let those who could help not because they have PTSD and cannot read it. Why try to make her feel like an ass on top of it all? Oh are you stressed... are you down... is it hard to get your point across???? Well shit why don't I just flipping kick you while you are down so you know my rules are it... And I mean it. Cause those come first, my rules and all over your symptoms.