Enter Your Reply

The purpose of this website, as I see it, is to provide a broad forum for
chess and chess-like games, open to all people, offering a place for the
free exchange of ideas. To encourage the free exchange of ideas and to
make the site welcoming to as many people as possible, certain minimum
standards of behavior should be maintained. 'Hitting', or attacking
another person directly, thinly disguised, by obvious implication, or
otherwise, is not appropriate behavior for this site. 

As I have been asked to more directly indicate what might be 'over the
line', I will do so. The obvious forms of name-calling and such I need
not detail, I hope. Value judgments, indicated by words like 'flawed',
'nonsense', 'ridiculous', 'piecemeal', are also part of this, when
applied in such a way as to belittle a person. Feel free to call each
other names elsewhere. Here, please stick to chess. There is a difference
in tone and attitude between: 'Your whole philosophy is utter rubbish. My
work is much better.' and 'I believe you are mistaken here, and this is
correct instead. My reasons are: A... B... C... How would you refute
this?' 

I hate lecturing. I didn't like it as a boss at work, and I don't like
it now. Politeness and respect should be the basis of our dealings with
each other on this site. The Golden Rule is a good guide here. Please use
it. I don't expect perfection. I do expect decent behavior, as do the
others who use, or wish to use, this site. Now, let us all lighten up and
value peace in our discussions.