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Old 08-21-2007, 07:47 AM   #68
cratylus
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Re: Posts undeleted

I guess I don't see what's so wrong with asking such a question. And
I would like to point out that even if it is true my post wasn't the
original target, it's been erased all the same, making the moderation
directed at me too. Someone selected my post, and deleted it.

I did not say that, nor did I imply it. I stated that I would not assume
the action was just. This does not mean I assumed anything else. If
I had meant my words to form an argument that Lasher's moderation
was unjust, I would have crafted them so in an unambiguous manner.
I think you know me well enough to know I'm not going to beat around
the bush when I have such an opinion.

What I meant was that I would not be making an assumption,
absent an explanation, and that is what I wrote.

I think it is healthy to openly discuss the criteria
used for the removal of posts. This way, not only the
direct participants learn what's ok/!ok, but so do
folks reading the thread later. It helps become a
body of understood precedent folks can use to
determine whether the unwritten rules are acceptable
to them, and if so, where the boundaries lie.

I feel uncomfortable participating in an activity where
the rules are unwritten and their application by
referees is unexplained.

Asking the referees to openly justify the calls, in
the absence of a rulebook, is not only natural, but
helpful for everyone.

If the decision was just, the question is an opportunity
for the admin to demonstrate her righteousness. If it
was unjust, then it is an opportunity for her to seek
to right the wrong. Either way, public discussion of
rules that apply to everyone isn't what needs justification.

-Crat
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