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Re^3: Eval block for routine error handling [private and public messages]

by kcott (Archbishop)
on Nov 08, 2017 at 17:42 UTC ( [id://1202966]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^2: Eval block for routine error handling
in thread Eval block for routine error handling

G'day Thanos,

"... insulting private message ..."

Here's some actions that would keep such messages "private". They are not presented in any particular order; nor is there any suggestion that they are mutually exclusive.

  • Take no immediate action beyond deleting or archiving the message.
  • Stop more messages with /ignore.
  • Attempt to resolve the issue via private messaging.
  • Choose to continue the fight and trade insults via private messaging.

As a last resort, read about "court of last appeal" in gods: this would now involve a few other people but otherwise still keeps it private.

What you definitely should not do is respond to a derogatory private message with a derogatory public message. The fact that you did this was my motivation for this response: I have no interest in people's private squabbles.

[I realise english isn't your first language, and maybe suggesting putting chlorine in one's mouth was an unfortunate translation of an idiom from your native tongue; however, chlorine is poisonous, it's been used as a chemical weapon in warfare, and putting it in your mouth can cause serious injury or death. I don't believe you were advocating self-harm or suicide.]

In closing, I'm definitely not taking sides in this, and have purposefully not voted on any of the nodes in this sub-thread.

— Ken

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