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> TBH I think all that was needed was saying that the pre-existing rules |
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> apply to all on the dev m-l, and actually *enforcing* those rules for devs. |
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> Devrel is clearly not set up for that, so I support the new dev-mods (sorry |
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> proctors is a silly name imnsho as only Americans get it. I understand from |
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> a US buddy that a proctor is someone who gives you an aural examination cf |
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> viva. I /really/ dislike that connotation.) |
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<quote source='The Oxford English Dictionary'> |
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Proctor. |
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b. In modern use, as at Oxford and Cambridge, each of two officers appointed |
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annually to discharge various functions in connexion with the meetings of the |
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University and its various Boards, the examinations and conferment of |
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degrees, and the like; they are also charged with the discipline of all |
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persons 'in statu pupillari', and the summary punishment of minor offences. |
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</quote> |
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Seems to me that the use of the word 'proctor' is particularly apposite. |
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This absolutely ridiculous outburst of pseudo-legalistic onanism would have |
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been avoided entirely if everybody using the lists had taken the Golden |
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Rule "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" to heart. |
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For e-mail lists the other rule is simply "Don't feed the trolls". |
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Viewing of Google Tech talk "How Open Source Projects Survive Poisonous |
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People" http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4216011961522818645 |
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is recommended. |
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Let's just get over it. |
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