tineared
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I remember back when it was always 420 I went through a brief episode of multiple personality disorder
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Plus - for further guidance:
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Multicore
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All 6 members mentioned in my last post was an attempt to use all of uze as my tool to get my message across.
... and, please don't --uze-all-- ask me what my message was!
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As for the offsite linking policy, you can see it was in place before I became a moderator. Since Amir summarized it in the site Terms and Rules, I know he is serious about it. I am consistent about enforcing it but do not catch every instance.
Ime, find it rare that the offsite content needs to be linked. Unless the offsite content really contains visual evidence, many of the posts I encounter are done because the member thought it was cool or was convenient for them. If you are reading a technical paper and you reference someone else’s work, you footnote it. You would not drop a reference without explaining it nor would you quote the entire supporting work. In this respect, I find the ASR policy to be a reasonable one. Also, if you have been around for a while, you start to encounter broken links. Knowing why the content was linked initially allows the context to be maintained even if the link is broke. Ideally, the policy should be more restrictive to avoid potential security issues as well.
In any case, based on the thread above, most members support it. At most, am open to refinements but will be subject to Amir’s approval.
Ime, find it rare that the offsite content needs to be linked. Unless the offsite content really contains visual evidence, many of the posts I encounter are done because the member thought it was cool or was convenient for them. If you are reading a technical paper and you reference someone else’s work, you footnote it. You would not drop a reference without explaining it nor would you quote the entire supporting work. In this respect, I find the ASR policy to be a reasonable one. Also, if you have been around for a while, you start to encounter broken links. Knowing why the content was linked initially allows the context to be maintained even if the link is broke. Ideally, the policy should be more restrictive to avoid potential security issues as well.
In any case, based on the thread above, most members support it. At most, am open to refinements but will be subject to Amir’s approval.
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respice finem
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A (limited) exception I can think of is humorous content, in some cases adding comments or description would spoil the joke.
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Fair point, but agree is limited case. Note the humor thread is already given some wide tolerance from the usual rules.
[We are using footnote as a verb here:]
How does one footnote -as link- what is behind a paywall?
Or should they even be footnoted!
[ahem: AES]
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[We are using footnote as a verb here:]
How does one footnote -as link- what is behind a paywall?
Or should they even be footnoted!
[ahem: AES]
You do have something more substantive to contribute than this, I hope.
Think I will go avatar shopping. Maybe for something new every other week.
I am going to be brave and double-dare the best moderator, at ASR.
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Oh no, RickS followed through.Think I will go avatar shopping. Maybe for something new every other week.
NO; I am not an influencer!
Audionaut
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Sure, you areNO; I am not an influencer!
Multicore
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AI created it based on my prompts. It is a little late as ASR actually hit 10 years in mid-February. So, it was conceived in advance of being dared.
Amir was aware but did not sanction the avatar. Both of us have been rather busy and the anniversary discussion got pushed to the backburner.
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Gemini: Not one word without my lawyer
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A brief update on bans as was recently asking Amir about disabling the automated temporary ban based on points. It previously had some reference in the warning message template verbiage. We have since updated the template and removed the automated temporary ban. In many instances, it was influencing whether I might issue a warning or not. An offender usually gets a temporary ban as a elevated consequence but could be due to multiple infractions or one or more nastier ones. Points have both severity and duration and had been inconsistently assigned in the past so an automated ban could occur less predictably than desired. Anyway, I was unaware, but Amir had already disabled the automated point-based temporary ban so felt I should update my prior information on them.
Hopefully most members will never get a temporary ban but felt it should only be given with more due consideration than some automated ban based on warning points.
Hopefully most members will never get a temporary ban but felt it should only be given with more due consideration than some automated ban based on warning points.
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"Temporary ban" sounds like "partially zero" but I gather it to be more like a 'time-out'!
Can I be able transfer those points to use them for my PZEV' gas purchases?
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would be a reasonable analogy!
Can I be able transfer those points to use them for my PZEV' gas purchases?
No, but enough of them will get you driven off the forum.
Keith_W
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@RickS - whenever I see spam, I report it and I make a post to let other ASR members know that the post has been reported so that you don't get inundated with reports. Recently, the original spam post was deleted, but my follow-up post was not. It was only just deleted, I presume it was you who did that. In the future, would you be able to delete my follow-up post routinely along with the spam post? Thank you.
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