* Sushi <Sushi_at_ragingbull.com> [11 Feb 2002 21:31]:
>
> I am not sure that a charter/manifesto is needed for this board. This
> board has tended to police itself fairly well. Let's not clutter it up
> with all kinds of rules. Rather, let's all be adult in our exchanges.
This is something that's been rattling around by brain since the
charter was suggested. Given how little trouble this list has had, I
don't see a real need to suddenly enforce rules because of one outbreak
of flames.
Explicitly setting rules won't keep trolls away, and it leads
to all sorts of meta-threads (like this one! :-) ) on whether some
thread or another is off-topic, or if someone is using unacceptable
language. In otherwords, it creates more noise on the list than it will
prevent. (not to mention more work for Victor.)
I think we all know the main purpose of this list, we all have a sense
of general netiquette, and we all now know not to bring up politics ;-)
Leave it at that.
Mike
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