In an attempt to focus our forum discussions on more practical information related to energy depletion, more emphasis will be given to threads which attempt to support educational opportunities for our global community. The following changes are now the SOP for this site and are implemented immediately:
Our Code of Conduct, will be more strictly enforced.
-Inappropriate (foul) language can be deleted on sight at Moderator discretion.
-Replying to an argument or factual claim by attacking or appealing to a characteristic or belief of the person making the argument or claim, rather than by addressing the substance of the argument or producing evidence against the claim is discouraged & may be deleted.
-Posters who refuse to exhibit basic courtesy are not allowed.
-All Staff will be more assertive in enforcing the COC. Furthermore, they may make editing/moderation changes and are no longer required to notify the poster by PM. Posters may still discuss moderation with the Staff member who issued the moderation notation—by PM—but, be forewarned: whining will get you nowhere.
-Accumulation of COC violations will result in quicker, sterner punishment actions, including, but not limited to, permanent banning, by the Administration.
We recognize these are all judgment calls.
“But, but, but… we’ve had these rules all along! What has changed?”
Nothing has changed... we are just tightening up our procedures in an effort to improve the experience of visiting peakoil.com.
In short, we seek to provide a place for intelligent discussion and debate for our posters. Off-Topic posts are difficult to manage; please attempt to stay on topic. Marginal topics may experience additional moderation. Those who choose to be disruptive will be forcibly ejected. Those who continue to attempt to damage our site will also face external pressures from their Internet Provider, and possibly the legal system.
We are sorry that there was a need for these actions, but, we feel it is in the best interests of all.
Thank you for your interest in PeakOil.com.
The Staff