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Due to some of the recent discussions that have been taking place on NowPublic, we want to remind all of our members again about maintaining civility and respect towards each other.
Our code of conduct states the following:
8. Be fair. NowPublic is a community where ad hominem attacks, insults and threats are not tolerated. Discourse should remain civil and focus on the ideas being presented rather than the individuals expressing them.
9. Promote interactivity and dialogue. We have amazing tools that support real community collaboration. Reach out to others and encourage them to do the same.
10. Respect the community. Every day new members join NowPublic with a desire to have their views and opinions respected. Let's not disappoint them with rudeness or hostility.
Here is a link to the full document.
It's important that we all remember these points as we are here because we want NowPublic to be a place for constructive and informative discussion as well as a place for news to be reported and discovered.
Going forward, new steps will be taken if members violate our code of conduct or our flaming policy (on a case by case basis).
1. That member will receive a message of warning from the editorial team about their behaviour.
2. If that member does not comply, then their status will be demoted on the site (if they have a status), for example, editor to wrangler, wrangler to standard member. If that member is a standard member they will be removed from the ranking system.
3. If that member still does not comply to our above policies, then they will be blocked from NowPublic.
4. We reserve the right to remove members immediately if we feel that they are expressly breaking our policies.
We are going to try and consolidate the forum discussions within our new forum topics so that comments on the story can be about the story itself.
New forum discussions should fall in one these 3 categories:
Thanks for reading.
The Editorial Team.
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at 12:44 on July 24th, 2008
Thanks for this.
at 11:21 on July 26th, 2008
Can we have a Flaming Tag? I have just about had enough of the newcomer who flames, baits and insults just about everyone on the site. tho some think he shows his ignorance and invites more viewers, he really does show ignorance, he even can't read posts or bios before he starts in, even gets people's sex mixed up.
And you know who I mean, Amy, you've intervened enough times. I'm asking because... anytime I respond or post anything, there he is, insulting me again. and Even when I'm not on a discussion. and it's not moon.
at 05:48 on July 27th, 2008
Question: if members are not allowed to start Forum topics, then how can we discuss things? As Zichi notes above, he couldn't use the forum for tech support. I have bugs to report, too, but can't open a topic to do so.
at 11:28 on July 27th, 2008
Only members who have a status of wrangler and higher may start their own forum topics. We are in the proces of simplifying our forums so that they will be easier and more accessible to use, however, until that time, feel free to discuss issues either here or in one of the existing forum topics.
Sending a message to a staff member (as zichi did regarding his video issue) is also a good way to voice an issue - that way the staff member is aware of it and if necessary can open up a forum topic on it.
at 08:47 on July 29th, 2008
Any registered member of NowPublic can now create a forum topic, as per:
http://www.nowpublic.com/newsroom/forum/posting-forums-permissions-update