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Re: Re: Let's discuss Podmaster's Signature

by bart (Canon)
on Jan 06, 2004 at 12:21 UTC ( [id://319091]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Let's discuss Podmaster's Signature
in thread Let's discuss Podmaster's Signature

As a reply to your node, I already mentioned that this is a personal matter between you and PodMaster and that it should be best handled outside of the monastery or outside of the public side of the monastery.
I disagree. Let me translate princepawn's question for you: "Is this kind of foul language acceptable for a monk's signature? Any monk's?". It is actually unrelated to PodMaster's person, nor limited to this one, particular, signature. It is about a general rule for signatures.

I won't say anything about the same kind of language in the middle of a post. A signature is something different, as it's repeated over and over again, and totally unrelated to the thread it is in. Therefore, maybe some stricter rules should be applied.

If I didn't know Dominus is a very polite guy in general otherwise, I'd find this kind of exclamation more objectionable.

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Re^3: Let's discuss Podmaster's Signature (tone)
by tye (Sage) on Jan 06, 2004 at 18:29 UTC

    This comes closest to my thinking on the subject...

    PerlMonks has procedures for dealing with "naughty words" in node contents and they work pretty well, mostly using peer pressure to keep the quantity of such relatively low, so that they don't appear to be much of a problem for most people (and certainly a great many monks would seem to have little problem with a much higher frequency).

    My major concern was a few mis-guided MIS/IT departments having some kind of naughty word counter and some monk getting noticed for surfing PerlMonks from work. PerlMonks should be a fairly safe place to visit from work, even if your MIS/IT department has gone off the deep end.

    But it appears that this may not be a valid concern, at least as far as the s-word is concerned, since I haven't seen any complaints over the past year due to PodMaster's signature.

    In any case, the only way PodMaster's signature would be changed would be through peer pressure, and princepawn has made it certain that such will never happen.

    I'd rather not have PerlMonks language subset degrade into "locker room" range. And princepawn's actions make me fear that some will increase their use of "naughty words" in reaction.

    Please, let's try to keep PerlMonks somewhat close to "professional" in tone most of the time.

                    - tye
      My major concern was a few mis-guided MIS/IT departments having some kind of naughty word counter and some monk getting noticed for surfing PerlMonks from work. PerlMonks should be a fairly safe place to visit from work, even if your MIS/IT department has gone off the deep end.

      that was probably me, as i noted in non-business language. i smoothed things out with info security that time, and they never bothered me again. since that contract ended, i've moved on to other clients and have not experienced anything similar.

      ~Particle *accelerates*

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