Originally Posted by
ClueByFour
I'm more wondering why some minimum standard of decorum was not included. It's got nothing to do (outside of an example) with moderation.
What I want to avoid is the traditional Talkboard croynism. Of course, by having guidelines, it might turn into more than a "who do you know on the Talkboard?" process.
I understand the raison d'être pour la strawman, however.
IMHO only, because I want to be able to identify, 'reward' (lets face it, we are status junkies and hopefully the title ambassador and therefore the conduct that is attendant to it will be coveted) and encourage the types of posters that cblaisd talks about above. And if those types of posters happen to have or have had a suspension? So what? We're not looking for boy scouts, necessarily. Rather we're looking for folks with a welcoming spirit, hospitality, and enthusiasm for new members and their sometimes oft-answered questions. So I will ask you (and spiffy
): Why tie our hands and eliminate potentially excellent ambassadors based on a single mistake or bad day (or even week) rather than judging people on their overall merits as a potential ambassador?