Forum Changes

We're making two changes in the forums.

1. Free For All moves from the "Side Orders" category to the "Main Topic Forums" and changes its name to Remedial. It will no longer be for unmoderated debate. The Remedial forum will be open to all members, but those whose debate skills need development or who need help following the Forum Guidelines will be restricted to the Remedial forum until they demonstrate that the restriction is no longer necessary.
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   The Remedial forum will be moderated, but penalties for Forum Guidelines violations will likely be few to non-existent. This forum will serve as a venue where restricted members can improve their debate skills and their awareness of the Forum Guidelines. It is suggested that other members be constructively helpful when participating in the Remedial forum.
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   New topics to the Remedial forum must be proposed in the [forum=-25] forum. Any threads of quality that develop in the Remedial forum have the potential for upgrade to one of the regular Main Topic Forums.
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2. The [forum=-21] forum will be closed to new topics. After a suitable period, it might be removed altogether, though no decision about that has been made at this time.

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--	Percy
	EvC Forum Director

The changes have already been made.Bad punctuation and grammar are probably insufficient to be sent to Remedial, unless the result was consistent incomprehensibility. Here's a partial list of qualities which I think if consistently demonstrated would send one to the Remedial forum:

• Failure to follow the Forum Guidelines.
• Abuse of fellow members.
• Inability to stay on topic.
• Turning all threads into discussions of your favorite topic.
• Inability to think logically.
• Unwillingness to support argument with evidence.
• Incomprehensibility.

By the way, now that I actually see the name Remedial in the forum list, it looks a bit too penal for my taste. I originally suggested Not Ready for Prime Time to the other moderators, which has much more of an optimistic feel to it for me. Or maybe Preparing for Prime Time. I'm open to other name suggestions, too.Added by edit: Yes, it means there will no longer be any unmoderated forums.This message has been edited by Admin, 10-06-2004 11:24 AM

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--	Percy
	EvC Forum Director