permies.com publishing standards

This needs to be reworded to allow for other people's opinions. The suggestion that only one person has 'the answer' is not acceptable here.

A Walton wrote:I would agree that forums work much better with enforced guidelines. However, I find the choice to disallow GMO and herbicide discussions from the larger permaculture discussion quite baffling.

I find the choice to disallow GMO and herbicide discussions...

Burra Maluca wrote:Emily - you were sent a PM with the problem outlined. In this case

This needs to be reworded to allow for other people's opinions. The suggestion that only one person has 'the answer' is not acceptable here.

If you had removed the first sentence the post would have been fine, but you left it in despite editing the post three times, so I gave up and removed it. The problem was nothing to do with vocabulary or any of the other things you mention, only what was sent to you in the PM, ie your claim that a particular person is the ONLY one who makes sense. That is not acceptable here. Permies requires that you allow for other people's opinions, and your claim did not.

paul wheaton wrote:

Another thing is that some folks are certain that their path is the only path and that other paths are unacceptable. That sort of thing is unacceptable to me.

I tend to delete anything that suggests that anybody on permies.com is less than perfect. I'll even delete stuff that suggests that somebody that might come to permies.com is less than perfect. Or if a group of people is less than perfect and somebody on permies.com might be part of that group.

paul wheaton wrote:
This isn't a site for debate. If you wish to debate these topics, you will need to find a different site, or start your own. Debate is for intellectual sword play. This site is for the more gentle souls of the internet to share their experiences and ideas.

Tyler Ludens wrote:I have to admit to being afraid to post on certain topics because I think my ideas are unpopular. But this is more about me being a baby chicken guts than about the forums.

paul wheaton wrote:
Another thing is that some folks are certain that their path is the only path and that other paths are unacceptable. That sort of thing is unacceptable to me.

I tend to delete anything that suggests that anybody on permies.com is less than perfect. I'll even delete stuff that suggests that somebody that might come to permies.com is less than perfect. Or if a group of people is less than perfect and somebody on permies.com might be part of that group.

paul wheaton wrote:I've expressed this in the past, but i am now making this thread to, perhaps, express it in a slightly different way.

Some sites on the internet will publish anything that anybody submits. This is not one of those sites. People will submit all sorts of stuff here, and most of what is submitted meets my publishing criteria. And the rest is removed.

I want to talk about permaculture innovation. I wanna talk about eco building. I wanna talk about alternatives to the grid and saving energy .... there are hundreds of things I wanna talk about. And there are thousands of things that are not a fit for permies.com.

If people want to talk about GMO's, herbicides, politics, religion they really need to find someplace else.

Another thing is that innovation requires a lot of brainstorming. Along the way comes stories like "I once heard of a guy that ..." or "didn't I read somewhere that you could ...." and this sort of attempt to figure things out is not helped by comments like "Citation needed." or "that's bullshit." or "prove it."

Another thing is that some folks are certain that their path is the only path and that other paths are unacceptable. That sort of thing is unacceptable to me.

I tend to delete anything that suggests that anybody on permies.com is less than perfect. I'll even delete stuff that suggests that somebody that might come to permies.com is less than perfect. Or if a group of people is less than perfect and somebody on permies.com might be part of that group.

I am supportive of vegans and omnis alike. So I don't allow bashing by one of the other.

I created these forums to talk about a few things I want to talk about, in a limited way I want to talk about them.

As time passes, I hope to expand on my thoughts in this space. And I invite people to ask for clarity.

paul wheaton wrote:Something that I have said several dozen times in the past which appears to not be covered here is:   I prefer to see posts that offer "my position" rather than "the truth".  I've deleted a lot of stuff with "the truth".  The reason is that if somebody posts "the truth" and a second somebody has an alternative position, then posting the alternative feels a lot like entering into conflict - so it is less likely to get posted.  And it is that alternative that I want to see shared on this site.  

paul wheaton wrote:
Another thing is that some folks are certain that their path is the only path and that other paths are unacceptable.  That sort of thing is unacceptable to me.