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[3yardsandacloud]

Originally Posted by Bucky Katt

I'm not sure that I agree that "Romney in '08" should be off-limits. Why is it Thump's problem if someone else can't abstain from partaking in political commentary elsewhere on the site?

If it was meant to incite a response, I could see it being a problem, but I don't see a sig/user title like that being inflammatory.

Just my opinion. Doesn't really affect me either way.

If it's OK for Thump to make a political statement ("Romney in '08") elsewhere on BP, why isn't it OK for someone to respond ("Romney Sucks")? And to be clear, it wouldn't be Thump's problem if someone couldn't abstain from political commentary ... it would become the staff's problem. That's what we want to avoid.

Here's the real question ... why the concern about signatures? The guideline about Avatars, Signatures and Titles is simply an extension of the more important points involving Political Forum behavior. Those are the topics everyone should be focused on. The flamming, trolling, lack of respect and constant use of rhetoric are serious problems that the majority of Poli Forum enthusiasts want corrected. How to get from what we have, to what we want, is what should be driving this discussion. The point on Avatars, Signatures and Titles is ancillary to the discussion. I doubt any of the mods would have any serious interest in monitoring everyones signatures (etc.) unless someone raised an issue about the topic. The guideline is there to remind everyone that those features (Avatars, Signatures and Titles) are broadcast site wide and that is not where we will accept political commentary.

The Poli Forum is here for a reason. Use it under the guidelines we set as a community and it will flourish. Abuse it and you might eventually need to find a different site to discuss politics.

[BayBuck]

Originally Posted by 3yardsandacloud

If it's OK for Thump to make a political statement ("Romney in '08") elsewhere on BP, why isn't it OK for someone to respond ("Romney Sucks")?

One is a positive statement, one is negative. I'm pretty sure it's the negative political commentary that's got so many people's panties in a bunch on this forum.

[BrutuStrength]

Originally Posted by buckeyefool

Well people can alway turn sigs off if they dont like them right?

Yep, but that's not the issue that's really being addressed at this time though. At this time, we're addressing what is/is not acceptable use of political signatures and avatars, regardless of others' ability to turn off signatures or to even simply ignore what they see.

Again, this is a situation where we are trying to tighten things back up to get the level of discussion in this forum back to the way it was when it originated. But like everything else here at BP it is dynamic, and is thusly subject to change in the future.

So please be patient, play by the new rules, and we'll see how things progress.

[Bucky Katt]

Originally Posted by BrutuStrength

I think the key thing to remember hear, is that BP is first and foremost a site for sports fan (specifically Buckeye fans) and that all things political have been relegated to this subforum.

Perhaps we could do different things if we had forum-specific sigs and avatars, but the reality is that at this time we do not have that flexibility.

Also please remember that things of a political nature (like everything else on this site, really) are open to change in the future. Right now, though, our focus is on curbing a lot of the negative aspects of political discussion that has recently occurred in this forum. So things might loosen up somewhat as we go along. By that same token though, things may remain the same.

I'm more than fine with that. If this is what it takes to keep the main forums free from political nonsense, really not a big deal. Just trying to kill some time so this day will end already.

So, let's trust the coaches for now and see how this plays out.

At the same time?

[buckiprof]

Originally Posted by buckiprof

• No political commentary in your Avatar, Title or Signature line. These items appear in all your posts at BP and will be viewed on all forums. Much like the previous point, we do NOT want political commentary outside of the Poli sub-forum.

This is not written in a secret language folks. The position of BP is to not have any political commentary outside the poli sub-forum. A "Romney '08" sig line is a political commentary hence not allowable per the BP position. It has nothing to do with a sig line being positive or negative. This is not a new BP policy; the enforcement of the policy may appear to be new however.

[Albert Gore, Jr]

Originally Posted by GoBucks89

It's fine. Now you can go back to using all the electricity in Tennessee.

Are you kidding? Tennessee doesn't even have electricity....we have to have that stuff imported from Missouri.

[coastalbuck]

Originally Posted by Albert Gore, Jr

Are you kidding? Tennessee doesn't even have electricity....we have to have that stuff imported from Missouri.

Check your history Al. It ain't called the Tennessee Valley Authority for nothing. No wonder you lost....

[Albert Gore, Jr]

Originally Posted by coastalbuck

Check your history Al. It ain't called the Tennessee Valley Authority for nothing. No wonder you lost....

Oh, see, that's a tricky one. All that TVA electricity is diverted to my house and I have to import the rest. Still no other electricity in TN.

[coastalbuck]

[shetuck]

Originally Posted by Albert Gore, Jr

Oh, see, that's a tricky one. All that TVA electricity is diverted to my house and I have to import the rest. Still no other electricity in TN.

how convenient...

[Albert Gore, Jr]

Originally Posted by shetuck

how convenient...

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A Convenient Intruth.

[shetuck]

Originally Posted by Albert Gore, Jr

Absolutely...in fact some would call it...
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A Convenient Intruth.

tipper's results came back with a false positive, you say?

[BrutuStrength]

Bumping this thread (kind of a silly thing to do as it's already a sticky) as a reminder of the forum rules as the election year starts to heat up.

Infractions will be issued swiftly to prevent things from getting too ugly. Also please know that in addition to the normal infractions that will be applied, we also have a forum ban (that can refuse poli forum access to any posters) available to get rid of any repeat/significant offenders. Forum bans can be short-lived increments or they can be permanent bans.

So please keep this in mind while discussing things in this forum over the upcoming months.

[scooter1369]

Please remember.

[MaxBuck]

Originally Posted by scooter1369

Please remember.

Anyone knows the correct, and polite, response, would be, "Please go [censored] yourself." Let's all you assholes try to be a bit more courteous.