Apple_UK opened this issue on Feb 02, 2010 · 66 posts
JenX posted Wed, 03 February 2010 at 10:23 AM
bob, I'm not going to discuss whether or not members' siglines, which are NOT normally part of forum discussions, cross into the territory of political. There are at least 100 members who have something political in their siglines. Not one has been asked to remove anything in their sigline.
As I said, if you don't like it, you can either block it, report it, or skip it. No one is forcing you to look at it, there are measures you can take to avoid the sigline. Or, you can NOT go out of your way to take offense that someone does or does not support a political figure that you do not, and simply ignore it and go on with the original conversation in a civilized fashion. Which is how we expect members to act.
The TOS itself does not prohibit political topics, and there have been a few topics that, lately, have broached the subject in manners that surprised even me. However, this part of our header is what I feel is the most important part:
"We strive to create an environment that is not only conducive to learning, but also to kicking back and having fun, and getting to know one another."
Feel free to broach the topic, within reason, if you wish to do so in a polite manner. In the history of this site, the topics of politics and/or religion mix with the membership like gasoline and lit candles. Not a good combination, and quick to explode. Just know that we watch all such topics as best we can, but, if it impedes the jobs we need to do on the rest of the site, or if we're refereeing more than reading, the thread will get locked. No exceptions.
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