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To: SilentZ who wrote (73867)	3/7/2002 12:18:48 PM
From: Petz	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 275872

Z, any increase in moderation of this thread would result in screams of bias unless the "rules of the thread" were made less clear. So I propose adding 3 specific rules to the thread: 1. Anyone who posts more than 40 messages in a 24 hour period will be banned for 3 days. 2. Anyone who posts more than 20 messages in a 24 hour period which do not pertain to AMD, Intel or the semi industry will be banned for one week. (Examples: comments about other posters, what graphics board to buy, politics, religion, etc.) 3. Anyone who posts more than 3 messages in a 24 hour period using a derogatory name (e.g., "Itanic", "xxxx is a piece of Sh.t", "so and so is a stooge", "Mani banni") will be banned a week. I like (1) because the thread has gotten too long and I don't have time to wade through long flame wars. (2) and (3) will also retard flame wars, and remove unnecessary posts from the thread. The goal of the rules is to train the posters so that we all enjoy reading and profit from reading the thread, not to remove any particular people. Enforcement: PM Mani with the charge. If he verifies it, he will enforce and announce it to the thread. No voting, etc. EDIT - If a majority of the posts (rules 1,2) in question were a direct response to other off-topic posts, Mani may elect "no timeout." Personal attacks and more serious violations will still follow the normal practice of complaint to Mani, announcement of a vote by participants and the results of the vote. I'd suggest we need a 60% vote to change the thread rules, what do y'all think? Petz

To: SilentZ who wrote (73867)	3/9/2002 8:54:56 PM
From: Mani1	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Re <<Agreed. As I've said before, there's no moderation here.>> There is still moderation here. And I don't think there has been a "witch hunt" as you suggest. BMW did get some harsh word from several people, some have been warned but none constituted a ban IMO. It should also be noted that BMW stood his ground and passed a few of his own shots. If I get into the habits of interfering on every little "infraction", then this thread would not function. It would be mostly a discussion on who's banned when or why. I will not hesitate to ban someone if I believed it is appropriate. I did come close to it once last month. I still read every single PM, but I do not respond immediately. I have been traveling for 2 to 4 days out of week for the past 6 months. I also don't post publicly because I can not discuss the technology or product release date or anything like that from either AMD or INTC. I am open to the idea of having another moderator. I think SI should be able to remove me as the moderator and add someone else. Also, we can just start another one and let this one die. In summary, I am still reading, checking my PM's, sending out PM's and moderating. I do not think it is a good idea to be vocal on every tiny issue, if that is what you want, you got the wrong guy. I think this thread is doing OK and based on public info on hammer, things can get interesting for AMD. Mani