Because of certain unethical, deceitful people who lack common manners and seem to delight in disrupting rather than adding to the conversation, I feel that its necessary to impose a little order on this wall. Going forward, I propose the following rules for commenting here. Violation of these rules will get you a warning. Further violation will get your comments deleted. Continued violation will get you blocked. 1. Please stay on topic: Each post has a topic. The topic doesnt include everything tangentially-related to the subject of the post. If you want to discuss something linked or related to the topic, feel free to start your own post and post a SINGLE link in the comments. 2. Unsourced information: as a general rule, factual assertions need to include a source of generally - recognized credibility. Assertions without a credible source can be considered common lay opinion, of no particular weight. 3. Link-spamming: Posting a bare link without any related text is link-spamming. A link needs to include the excerpt of the linked subject matter that includes the proposition being advanced, as well as any additional text that may be necessary to establish the connection between the current discussion and the linked article. 4. Straw man fallacies: If you are responding to a point made by another commenter: (a) identify that commenter (b) quote the text of the point to which you are responding. Failure to do so shall be presumed to be a straw man argument. 5. Saying what you mean and meaning what you say: If you employ a word having a variety of meanings, you have an obligation, if asked, to provide the meaning you are employing. In general, if you are asked, in good faith, to clarify your argument, you are obliged to do so, if reasonably possible. 6. Appealing to authority: There are plenty of sources of information on the internet. If you have to rely on biased sources, you dont have a strong argument. Exception: An unrecognized authority CAN be cited to for evidence that a certain person has expressed a certain opinion, but not for the strength of the opinion itself. These rules may be revised and supplemented from time-to-time. Do I have your agreement to these rules? Please respond with Yea or Nay below. Thank you.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 18:04:40 +0000
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