dga471
May 13, 2021, 5:45pm
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AlanFox:
But what about clarity on rules? Is there a statement somewhere on the PS site that explains the aims, rules and guidelines? If there isn’t, would it be too much trouble to produce one? If there is, where is it?
It has been a while, but this is (in my memory) one of the latest statements we have had regarding norms of communication on this website. As far as I know we have never invalidated these rules, and I still use them as a guideline in moderating.
Peaceful Science is a diverse community that encourages open dialogue on a wide variety of subjects that people are sometimes passionate about and personally invested in. Recently, we, the moderators, have been notified of several posts in a thread which crossed the line from strong criticism to attacks on personal character.
While we wish to promote the free discussion of ideas and topics from all community members, in order to keep our community healthy we feel that some common ground rules around respecting each other’s voices need to be reiterated:
It is fine to point out errors etc. in people’s scientific work. However, please be reasonably gracious about it and make sure that the error etc. in question is relevant to the discussion.
This forum does not tolerate the attribution of nefarious motives to any figure in the origins debate (whether a public figure or a fellow participant).
This forum does not tolerate excessively aggressive and/or gratuitous criticisms of a public f…
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