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[Nashledanou]

Funny, how none of you have actually made names at the UoN. I'll do so:

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[Nashledanou]

[johnslat]

Dear Nashledanou,

I'm not a Mod, but I've been on this board long enough to know that anytime
a poster gives the names of people, that post will, at the very least, be edited and occasionally the thread will also be locked after the Mod deletion.

Also, posting names will likely also result in the poster's being banned.

The reason for this is simple - when you post real names and then write derogatory remarks, you are (perhaps) slandering/libeling a real human being.

Oh, I'm sure that the people you are writing about are not very nice, but what's to stop someone else, for example, using your real name and then writing all sorts of nasty lies about you?

And there is, of course, no way of checking the "honesty level" of any post.

These forums are definitely not "democracies" - as the Job Discussion Forums Rules of Conduct explain:

"This forum is not any one member�s personal playground. It is not an open forum where you are free to express whatever opinion you may hold. It is absolutely not a place where racism, personal attacks, insults, trolling, demeaning others or flaming will be tolerated. Inappropriate threads and postings will be deleted without warning and sanctions applied, as appropriate."

So, that's the way it is - and I expect your last post will soon be moderated - and perhaps the thread will be locked.

It's Dave's ballpark - he gets to make the rules, which is kind of the situation we encounter when we go to any foreign land to teach.

Regards,
John