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[veteranMortal]

renegade bastard has been infracted under rule 3: be civil.
No one else has been infracted at this time, but please take this opportunity to be more mindful of how you speak to other users. At the end of the day this is only a quest.

 

[Ori]

we need to talk.

I have issued multiple infractions for posts made recently primarily under the aegis of Rule 3 and Rule 4.

Rule 3 is straightforward, we ask posters to not insult or demean each other and to engage with their arguements.

If you feel that a post violates the rules the correct response is to report it and move on, moderation will handle it.

Finally because it has come up multiple times at this point, 'X Delenda Est' 'jokes' are viewed very dimly by staff and it would be wise to consider them more carefully in the future.

 

[veteranMortal]

genocide apologia is unacceptable on sv.

I'm mixed the Nahuatl origin is cool but at the same time... an alien civilization wondering what the name means and looking into the culture it comes from... is not the first impression I want humanity to have.

To me the Aztecs were pretty much the one time in my mind in history where a European nation helps destroy a civilization and I end up thinking it was a okay outcome.

I get than modern Nahua speakers don't do anything like that, but the imagery is from that era tied to warriors and things so...

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It is not acceptable to apologise for a genocide. This post has been infracted.

@NavySeel has been temporarily removed from the thread. Do not respond to their posts.

 

[veteranMortal]

lazylayabout has been removed from the thread temporarily for violating rule 3
It is not acceptable to tag other users to insult them over a disagreement.

 

[Squishy]

If none of this information is of interest to you, then I apologise for taking up thirty seconds of your time. However, it seems to me is that a lot of people were voting whilst having a genuinely wrong impression about the costs, and I wanted to give people the opportunity to vote with accurate information, rather than regretting it later. Thanks for your time.

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Does mass pinging everyone who voted before reading an argument you like break a rule?

Because it really feels like it should.

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you really should not mass-ping people.
This is a fast-moving thread and this post is 8 pages behind so I would normally not say anything, but because it is often in the fast-moving and contentious threads that this kind of thing occurs, I'm going to anyway.

Mass-pinging people in threads is generally not OK. You should not spam other people with notifications.

 

[veteranMortal]

thepsyborg has been removed from the thread temporarily under rule 3
It is unacceptable to talk to other SV users in the way they have in various posts in this argument

please watch your tone in this thread
More generally - please remember to be considerate with one another. Always keep in mind that you are talking to real people, and try to be kind.

 

[October Daye]

thread locked for review
Okay, things have been getting rather heated in this thread, and we need a bit to figure out what's going on.

The thread is being locked for review. We'll reopen it once things are handled. In the meantime, please be patient.

 

[ORE]

thread reopened
I am reopening this thread after concluding the period of review.
As an aside, folks, I know that fandom and beloved cultural touchstones can be topics of considerable emotional resonance and personal investment but as I open the thread back up I would like to remind people to remain civil and respectful of one another and the discussion.
Thank you