Ladies and Gentlemen-
There's been a bit of jackassery on the board lately, so it's time for another gentle reminder concerning one of my favorite topics, professionalism.
This site was started by and for professionals. Professionals come from all walks of life, military and civilian, male and female. All are entitled to respect.
Some of the best threads on this site evolved because two or more thoughtful, well-informed, and professional individuals disagreed about a topic. This site does not encourage nor condone groupthink, but at the same time it does not accept or allow disrespect, unprofessionalism, or ad hominem attacks. Keep it civil or expect to pay the consequences. If you have a problem with another site member, try to handle it with him or her one on one, via PM. Failing that, report the situation to a moderator. You should all know who we are by now. If you have a bad day and make a bad post, act like a professional and own up to it. We all make mistakes.
If you don't like how the moderators police the site, bring your concerns to one of the administrators, or stand for office in the next moderator election this coming October.
Bottom line, keep it professional on this site or find another place to post.
edited to add:
in case you need an example of what I'm talking about with regard to jackassery and unprofessionalism, here's one I cut from a post someone made on page 4 of this very thread.
-there was no call for that post. It contributed nothing to the overall worth of the thread, involved a personal attack on another site member, and made a completely irrelevant negative reference to another SOF-based website, a site many other members of SS (including me) happen to be members. The person that made that post originally has been infracted and is on probation for 30 days. I compliment the person who was on the receiving end of that post for his restraint and professionalism in handling the situation.
-at the request of some of the admins and other mods, I'm going to clean this thread up a little and re-open it. I trust there will be no further issues like the one I mentioned above.
There's been a bit of jackassery on the board lately, so it's time for another gentle reminder concerning one of my favorite topics, professionalism.
This site was started by and for professionals. Professionals come from all walks of life, military and civilian, male and female. All are entitled to respect.
Some of the best threads on this site evolved because two or more thoughtful, well-informed, and professional individuals disagreed about a topic. This site does not encourage nor condone groupthink, but at the same time it does not accept or allow disrespect, unprofessionalism, or ad hominem attacks. Keep it civil or expect to pay the consequences. If you have a problem with another site member, try to handle it with him or her one on one, via PM. Failing that, report the situation to a moderator. You should all know who we are by now. If you have a bad day and make a bad post, act like a professional and own up to it. We all make mistakes.
If you don't like how the moderators police the site, bring your concerns to one of the administrators, or stand for office in the next moderator election this coming October.
Bottom line, keep it professional on this site or find another place to post.
edited to add:
in case you need an example of what I'm talking about with regard to jackassery and unprofessionalism, here's one I cut from a post someone made on page 4 of this very thread.
originally posted by: someone who obviously didn't understand the point I'm trying to convey here.
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On the other hand...............insert the pfffffft fart emoticon
Take that shit over to PS.com
You know where to send the hate mail.....................Pffffffft
-there was no call for that post. It contributed nothing to the overall worth of the thread, involved a personal attack on another site member, and made a completely irrelevant negative reference to another SOF-based website, a site many other members of SS (including me) happen to be members. The person that made that post originally has been infracted and is on probation for 30 days. I compliment the person who was on the receiving end of that post for his restraint and professionalism in handling the situation.
-at the request of some of the admins and other mods, I'm going to clean this thread up a little and re-open it. I trust there will be no further issues like the one I mentioned above.