[seam-dev] Fwd: [seam-forums] Unprofessional forum management

[Pete Muir]

I think the policy is correct, I just think we should be more visible  
in how we implement. As Christian says, hopefully the new jboss.org  
forums will have more options in this area.

Pete

On 27 Oct 2008, at 17:59, Gavin King wrote:

> OK, so basically he lied to Pete.
>
> On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Christian Bauer
> <christian.bauer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Oct 27, 2008, at 18:22 , Gavin King wrote:
>>
>>> Agreed, it seems like in this case the guy didn't mean to do  
>>> anything
>>> "bad".
>>
>> Folks, of course he was told to use a real name. He not only  
>> ignored it but
>> decided to set the name back to an acronym again. And his thread  
>> was NOT
>> "alive". And no, besides locking them out without a message we  
>> currently
>> don't have any other viable option in the software. A user ban  
>> feature has
>> not been necessary so far! The real name notice actually works well  
>> 99% of
>> the time - which shows that most people appreciate the rules of a  
>> community
>> they just joined. Ignore the exceptions...
>>
>> Also, he just posted the exact same content again and this time he  
>> actually
>> used his real name. So nothing lost, no problem.
>>
>> If you want the "programm0r" forum posters we can remove the real  
>> name
>> policy completely. I have been really really surprised how well it  
>> worked
>> though and the Seam forum content is mostly good quality - maybe  
>> because of
>> that. It makes a difference if your future employers can Google your
>> incompetence level ;)
>>
>> We are evaluating a move to the upcoming new jboss.org forums,  
>> maybe we then
>> have more options such as in-community messages, banning, etc.
>>
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