Posted by Lou Pilder on January 15, 2008, at 6:10:23
In reply to Re: Lou's reply, posted by Dr. Bob on January 14, 2008, at 13:37:39
> > This then could give guidance to members here that would like to cite a post for referrence in an administartive discussion before they post it
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> We'll probably be able to provide better guidance if people contact us directly and let us know what they're considering posting.
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> http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/faq.html#current
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> BobMr. Hsiung,
You wrote,[...We'll probably be able to provide better guidance..using the contact feature...]
A generally accepted meaning of something probably happening is that there is very little doubt concerning as to if it will happen or not.
A system of forwarding a post for preview before posting to get approval could be a great system and there are forums that use such a system. The forums that I know of provide a feedback in just a few minuets because they have many people receiving the posts and they each have the authority to post them or send them back for modification to the member without having the owner/oporator of the forum make the decision. This allows the member to be an equal participant in the discussion by not having them have to wait days or even hours for a reply.
In this forum, you have a policy that the deputies do not have to respond and if they send it to you, then your availability could be limited and the approval sought could take days to be determined. Your reply could be better , but the time in between the member sending and receiving a resopnse could mean that they could not participate equally in the discussion.
Now if there are published guidlines here for posting a URL of {a post that has been allowed to stand}, the member here could have that guidance without sending and waiting for a reply from the administration.
A member could also have both ways, and they could make their own choice. As to if you are concluding that it will probably provide better guidance by the way of contacting the deputies, could you post here what criteria you used in your thinking that {We'll probably be able to provide {better} guidamce by attempting to contact the deputies? In my thinking, a list of criteria that members can refer to immediatly could allow them to continue in the discussion without having to wait perhaps days to find out if they can or can not post a URL of a post showing the past practice as indicated by previous posts here that are allowed to stand.
I am asking that you post here any reason(s) that you might have in your thinking that if you are not going to post guidlines for posting previous posts that have been left to stand, why it could not be good for the community as a whole to post guidlines for members to use to determine if they can or can not post a URL of a post here that has been left to stand. If you could, then I could have the opportunity to respond accordingly.
Lou PIlder
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