On 12/07/2010 18:41, Garrett D'Amore wrote:
Btw, I'm not sure, do we actually have a written policy forbidding
profanity? On the one hand, it seems clear that the message in question
that started this activity was both unduly hostile and unduly vulgar, it
would be good to have a clear rule whether any profanity at all is
forbidden, just for consistency. (I think I've seen other profanity
used in less hostile and vulgar contexts, that didn't trigger such a
response though I've not gone back and checked for specific cases.
While I'm not particularly sensitive, I think having consistent rules
here would be good.)
http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Main/tou
"3) You are prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from this
Website any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene,
pornographic, or profane material"
These cases usually come down to a judgement call on what constitutes
"unreasonable behaviour", and that is notoriously difficult to legislate
for. However in these cases, warnings had been given and had been
ignored. We therefore felt that a ban was the appropriate response. As
I've said, I sincerely hope it's an action we will not have to repeat.
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Alan Burlison
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