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31 March, 2005: Amendment to House Rules
The H2G2 Editors Started conversation Mar 31, 2005
We've just made a small amendment to the House Rules of all DNA communities.
The amended house rule for h2g2 now reads:
The BBC welcomes feedback, both positive and negative, about our programmes and services but please make sure your comments are in line with the above House Rules. Repeatedly posting personal or offensive comments about individual members of the public or people who work for the BBC may be considered harassment. We reserve the right to remove such messages and take action against those responsible.
31 March, 2005: Amendment to House Rules
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Mar 31, 2005
What action are you allowed to take?
The standard h2g2 disciplnery route, suspensions, lifetime bans etc? or more serious legal actions in the most serious cases?
Just curious. 
31 March, 2005: Amendment to House Rules
Traveller in Time Reporting Bugs -o-o- Broken the chain of Pliny -o-o- Hired Posted Mar 31, 2005
Traveller in Time 
reading pedantic
"
, well done! (do I get moderated for such 
?)"
31 March, 2005: Amendment to House Rules
Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Mar 31, 2005
Ooh, expecting an anti-Ecclestone flood are you? 
31 March, 2005: Amendment to House Rules
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Mar 31, 2005
31 March, 2005: Amendment to House Rules
Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Mar 31, 2005
"What action are you allowed to take?"
They'll send Graham Norton round to talk over you.
31 March, 2005: Amendment to House Rules
bedmechanic keeper of the tongue in cheek and guardian of the empty wallet Posted Mar 31, 2005
As long as he's only talking over you that is
31 March, 2005: Amendment to House Rules
Whisky Posted Mar 31, 2005
Does that mean Italic Baiting is now officially against the house rules?
Spoil all my fun why don't you!
**goes and stands in a corner sucking his thumb**
31 March, 2005: Amendment to House Rules
Mu Beta Posted Mar 31, 2005
""What action are you allowed to take?"
They'll send Graham Norton round to talk over you."
A lot of us get that unbidden. 
B
31 March, 2005: Amendment to House Rules
Ferrettbadger. The Renegade Master Posted Mar 31, 2005
Well we had better close the VSC down then, all we seem to do is ridicule Psycorp...
31 March, 2005: Amendment to House Rules
Secretly Not Here Any More Posted Mar 31, 2005
S'not entirely true....
*sulks*
31 March, 2005: Amendment to House Rules
Yes,I am the Lady Lowena!Get with the programme... Posted Mar 31, 2005
So fair comment is still allowed and public interest? The rules us journos always lived by...
31 March, 2005: Amendment to House Rules
Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Mar 31, 2005
Is this, perchance, a reaction to all the threats to 
Jim Lynn after he threatened to close "No no no!!"? 
31 March, 2005: Amendment to House Rules
Whisky Posted Mar 31, 2005
Either that or half the site is due to be banned for picking on 2legs...
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31 March, 2005: Amendment to House Rules
fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Mar 31, 2005
Including 2legs himself!
31 March, 2005: Amendment to House Rules
pheloxi | is it time to wear a hat? | Posted Mar 31, 2005
always thought that 2legs was collective imagnary friend by hootoo researchers
31 March, 2005: Amendment to House Rules
aka Bel - A87832164 Posted Mar 31, 2005
Nah, pheloxi, 2legs is the researcher who's responsible for everything
31 March, 2005: Amendment to House Rules
Whisky Posted Mar 31, 2005
If 2legs is a figment of our collective imagination then all I can say is that we must all have pretty warped imaginations!
31 March, 2005: Amendment to House Rules
Ormondroyd Posted Mar 31, 2005
Very true, Whisky! (Only joking, 2Legs! )
Blimey, when I saw this subject heading I thought the UK General Election must have been called! But I applaud this decision. 
No-one should have to put up with sustained abuse on h2g2. It's happened to me a couple of times and I've managed to get the Italics to intervene, but it is upsetting to get that sort of stick, and it has driven some people away from the site. There shouldn't be any room for that sort of behaviour on hootoo. 
31 March, 2005: Amendment to House Rules
Zak T Duck Posted Mar 31, 2005
Does that mean everyone at one meet a few years back all imagined 2legs getting down on his knees and worshipping you because you introduced yourself as Nighthoover?
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31 March, 2005: Amendment to House Rules
- 1: The H2G2 Editors (Mar 31, 2005)
- 2: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Mar 31, 2005)
- 3: Traveller in Time Reporting Bugs -o-o- Broken the chain of Pliny -o-o- Hired (Mar 31, 2005)
- 4: Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences (Mar 31, 2005)
- 5: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Mar 31, 2005)
- 6: Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) (Mar 31, 2005)
- 7: bedmechanic keeper of the tongue in cheek and guardian of the empty wallet (Mar 31, 2005)
- 8: Whisky (Mar 31, 2005)
- 9: Mu Beta (Mar 31, 2005)
- 10: Ferrettbadger. The Renegade Master (Mar 31, 2005)
- 11: Secretly Not Here Any More (Mar 31, 2005)
- 12: Yes,I am the Lady Lowena!Get with the programme... (Mar 31, 2005)
- 13: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Mar 31, 2005)
- 14: Whisky (Mar 31, 2005)
- 15: fords - number 1 all over heaven (Mar 31, 2005)
- 16: pheloxi | is it time to wear a hat? | (Mar 31, 2005)
- 17: aka Bel - A87832164 (Mar 31, 2005)
- 18: Whisky (Mar 31, 2005)
- 19: Ormondroyd (Mar 31, 2005)
- 20: Zak T Duck (Mar 31, 2005)
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