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Florian,
I agree wholeheartedly with the recommendation on how these things are handled. If a posting needs to be removed, why not redact the offending bits and leave the rest, especially given that the discussion generated is educational for all of us.
Paul,
Well, that is unfortunate. That doesn't leave many good alternatives - assuming you can't get the offender to comply. One alternative might be to post a retraction in the thread before closing and leaving the thread on the site, but I suppose if I were the victim of such a posting I would not want my work to persist under someone else's name.
On a slightly different note, whatever measures we consider should include right of appeal with regard to admin decisions. I'm not suggesting appeal in the open forums, but matters of mitigation / extenuation should be allowed and considered in the direct discussion between the offender and the admins, and that process should be specified in whatever rules we develop. Of course, the best cure for the honest mistake is to 'fess up right away and make the appropriate correction.
Eric, I certainly agree that legit users of the site should have the opportunity to "make good" on whatever infraction they've committed. As for people who sign up just to post ads for dating sites... no mercy! :-)
Eric R. Price said:Paul,
Well, that is unfortunate. That doesn't leave many good alternatives - assuming you can't get the offender to comply. One alternative might be to post a retraction in the thread before closing and leaving the thread on the site, but I suppose if I were the victim of such a posting I would not want my work to persist under someone else's name.
On a slightly different note, whatever measures we consider should include right of appeal with regard to admin decisions. I'm not suggesting appeal in the open forums, but matters of mitigation / extenuation should be allowed and considered in the direct discussion between the offender and the admins, and that process should be specified in whatever rules we develop. Of course, the best cure for the honest mistake is to 'fess up right away and make the appropriate correction.
Eric, I've been meaning to get some "how-to"s and other advice up in OAC Help, but I've been incredibly busy. The group is public though, so anyone can take the initiative to post some advice about Netiquette or post deletions, etc. We can then compile the suggestions and put the advice somewhere more visible for all members to have a look at. There is already a decent FAQ written by Ning regarding practical things like how to edit posts after they've been submitted (searchable at http://help.ning.com).
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