Ady my friend:
We usually agree, but don't see that as a loss. The guy is gone and that's all that matters. Since it was me(or XS,take your pick) coming here that got that mess going with him I'll comment on it.
It seems to me in hindsight that he got "bothered" for lack of a better term by 2 things: A perception that everyone at XS was out to win at any cost(I am not and if you look at my scoring over the last 2 months you will see that) and an underlying anger at the disparity that machines using linux were getting under the credit system. On the linux issue he was correct, they do take a bath in scoring on WCG.
As to a PC correct set of rules to follow here. If someone thinks they are needed as a guideline, thats fine with me.
I know I won't always agree with everyone on a particular point and that is life.
If you disagree with me, just attack my argument, and not me the person for presenting that arguement.
When personalities are kept out of discussions thats when progress is made.
There is still unfortunately a small amount of friction I feel from just one of the CA's here. I'd ask that you start tomorrow off as if you never met me and I will do the same. I said before, there is no need for us to be enemies. We want the same things. We just go about getting there in different ways. What may be important to me may not be to you and I am fine with that. Just say to yourself that this guys motives(me) are good even though he(me) may appear to be viewing things from a perspective that makes no sense to me(you)
Take that perspective and we all( the project) will profit. There are no losers or winners if we work together in understanding each others motives.
Just my 4 cents..

Ady:
I just think a lot(few?) people got so discussed with what went on that they want to put into place a mechanism to deal with something like that in the future. That what I'm Ok with. I don't want to see another round of that happenning here or anywhere. People have sent me links to his rants on other sites on this same issue and if we're lucky he'll get tracked down and his ability to do these sort of things removed.
I undersand the mindset of the guy who started this thread and his motives look golden to me.
As to the "fix" that WCG put into effect with this last change, yes, It's flawed. Lets hope it gets fixed as fast as it was implemented and get on with making WCG grow.

Don't worry, we'll keep you updated as well as we can. I'm not going to make any promises about exactly how things will work out.

It was no one event that drove me to start down the path laid out in this thread. It was the regular almost monthly recurrance of events. What I have tried to describe is absolutely nothing new. It all simply involved using tools, processes and avenues that have existed from the beginning of the WCG. It is nothing more than simply being a bit more assertive in their use. Dealing with these events, whatever their form, is never a black and white matter. That is why tolerance and respect are so key to dealing with them. Profanity is pretty clear cut and simple to deal with. Statements in posts that are open to interpretations different from the author's intention can be clarified or addressed pretty easily. CAs can't modify posts here. When more serious problems occur, they can easily be viewed as biased or somesuch by the offender. They are also human and just as prone to respond as the rest of us would and only make the problem worse just as we would responding in kind. When a peer offers respecful guidance and/or correction, it can be more effective because of a perceived greater degree of independence/objectivity. When peers are seen to regularly self-police, it promotes a better behaved environment.

As the saying goes - just do it!

U see Addy, you are, we are getting to the point what I was writing to you about..... no more tools needed, no further specificity in rules on paper. We can talk about them, consider them, but do we want them, or be let to maintain decorum without higher interference?

It's Friday, so lets see how we fare with the weekend upon us.

have a nice one.

edit: corrected grammar