Posted by Dr. Bob on January 8, 2004, at 3:05:12
In reply to Re: And » Dr. Bob, posted by Dinah on January 7, 2004, at 19:41:11
> My concern is that people don't understand the concepts of making things non-accusatory and using I-statements and so forth. It's such a different standard than other boards, and from normal social discourse. I really think it takes some special training to get your rules. Did you ever think of putting together a bunch of examples like this, of blockable offenses, and the acceptable alternatives? Put it into the FAQ somewhere. Otherwise we keep having these cases of valuable, intelligent, well-spoken posters stepping over the lines without realizing it.
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> tabithaThere have always been a couple examples in the FAQ:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/faq.html#civil
and not too long ago I added a link there to more information on I-statements:
http://www.crnhq.org/windskill4.html
> I would say the same thing for this situation as I did for Dena's. When someone is obviously attempting to be civil, and yet you feel they haven't quite made it, couldn't you give alternative ways of stating first along with a please rephrase before you block?
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> DinahNew posters, sure, they may step over a line without realizing it. But after they do it a half dozen times...
Hmm, I suppose I could suggest each time that they consider discussing alternative wordings here... To be more prepared the next time...
Bob
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