I would like to know why this thread was closed

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  1. Fox Mulder

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    All my 1500+ posts have been weak attempts at flaming or trolling. Do I get a ban too?
     
    Fox Mulder, Mar 28, 2007
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  2. Aurora

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    Is anybody else bored by the mix of race baiting and HD trolling?
     
    Aurora, Mar 28, 2007
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    Query and challenge a WF decision? Say it aint' so. Since when has this been against the rules. Better start banning...everyone.
     
    The Original Faceman, Mar 28, 2007
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  4. gul

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    I'd like to know when it became a Red Room requirement that threads follow a traditional or accepted pattern.
     
    gul, Mar 28, 2007
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    I also want to know why Listkeeper is posting in the HD again.
     
    The Original Faceman, Mar 28, 2007
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    That's always worked out so well. I suppose the inevitable flaming and trolling from him will again not be warned.
     
    gul, Mar 28, 2007
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    He'll be hailed as a troll baiter. Better than I ever was. Excellent.
     
    The Original Faceman, Mar 28, 2007
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    Because he's the moderator in question.
     
    The Exception, Mar 28, 2007
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    Convenient.
     
    The Original Faceman, Mar 28, 2007
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    That...doesn't even make any sense.
     
    The Exception, Mar 28, 2007
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    Warning to Uncle Albert, keep your rep warring out of the HD.
     
    The Exception, Mar 28, 2007
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    You realize, don't you, that the one and only purpose of Zodiac's starting this thread, and the one and only purpose of Face's response that got negged, is to troll, don't you?

    Warning the flame in response and not warning the underlying troll is exactly what drove the exodus to wordforge in the first place. Coddling the trolls of our Enterpriser wannabes while warning the responding flames is not a good path down which to walk.
     
    Liet, Mar 28, 2007
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    Of course, but even trolls have rights.

    And that's what separates Wordforge from TrekBBS.
     
    The Exception, Mar 28, 2007
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  14. Liet

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    Last I checked they don't have the right to troll the Help Desk. :shrug:

    You can't get around the need to make judgment calls on trolls like these. They thrive on being just barely ambiguous enough for plausible deniability out of context, and they take advantage of the desire of moderators to find comfort and solace in strict application of rules without having to use their judgment.

    You know they were trolling the Help Desk, even though there are possible out-of-context interpretations of their posts that wouldn't amount to trolling. Warn them, or don't warn people who flame in response. But warning only those who flame in response to a troll is not an answer of any sorts.
     
    Liet, Mar 28, 2007
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    Why? I mean, this isn't a sovereign nation. No one's rights are being trampled on. Why do trolls have "rights"?
     
    Cervantes, Mar 28, 2007
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    Why shouldn't they? If the trolling causes no harm, why not allow it? In fact, our rules explicitly allow it.
     
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    Where did I troll? :wtf:
     
    The Original Faceman, Mar 28, 2007
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    Because we've all trolled at some point or another, so the label of troll is completely subjective, and as such, certain rights have to be extended.
     
    The Exception, Mar 28, 2007
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    Has the administration considered that Zodiac may be opening so many threads on DS because all his threads keep getting locked. And maybe, just maybe, if he were allowed to open one without it being immediately locked he might not open any more.

    Just think about it...
     
    The Original Faceman, Mar 28, 2007
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    IMHO, we need a "detainee" designation for troublesome posters, perhaps with a special pip that denotes the wearer is not a WF citizen and therefore has no constitutional rights.

    Sort of like TK Day Care, but classier. :)
     
    phantomofthenet, Mar 28, 2007
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    Right, so if you get robbed you should post your address on Craigslist and note that you leave your door open so that burglars won't burglarize anymore houses.

    I'm not really following that logic, Counselor.
     
    phantomofthenet, Mar 28, 2007
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    You analogy makes no sense at all. Who was robbed? Listkeeper's preference to nanny control the red room? Do better next time POTN.
     
    The Original Faceman, Mar 28, 2007
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