As I said earlier in this thread:
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Originally Posted by MichaelCorfman
I don't believe in censoring the forums (I think open discussion is really important), but I would request that whatever discussion continues here be tied more strongly to some desired outcome today rather than just being a rant about the past.
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My belief is that a desirable outcome is a clear statement of philosophy about attempts to sell databases that we can all support.
Here is my suggestion:
That there be a philosophy of intolerance concerning such posts that is supported in the following ways:
1. That any post offering to sell a database of player information be either deleted or archived to a location not visible in the forums as soon as it is discovered by forum administrators or as soon as forum administrators receive notice of such a post from forum members.
2. That from this point forward any forum member who makes such a post be banned from the forums.
Note that simply editing posts to remove contact information is not sufficient in my opinion since the user profile of the poster may reveal sufficient information to allow them to be contacted.
As executive director of the GPWA, I will ensure the GPWA follows this philosophy from this point forward.
After I complete this post I will send a pm to Lou (professor) at CAP to review this post so he can let us know if he will support the same philosophy on the CAP site from this point forward.
If we can all agree and support a common philosophy in this area from now on, then I think we will have accomplished all that can reasonably be expected from the discussion on this thread.
So please, let's have the focus of this thread be about the principles we believe forum administrators should apply in handling any future posts or existing threads offering player databases for sale.
Thanks,
Michael