Okay, that was great feedback.
We recently proposed an update to our longstanding "Be Nice" policy, which was extremely well-received by the community.
But we also got a ton of awesome feedback on how to make it even better. The content and themes in this version are close to identical, but we ...
> with someone you respect and whom you want to respect you.
^^ ... see Avot
> If you don't have time to say something politely, just leave it for someone who does.
^^ I love this and feel like we'll have a chance to cite it verbatim from time to time.
> Focus on the post, not the person. That includes terms that feel personal even when they're applied to posts (for example, "lazy", "ignorant", or "whiny").
^^ The second sentence is a very good point, and an example of what it's preaching (focusing on the language = behavior rather than the intention).
Want to post a handy link to this Midrash, but there's Hebrew and no English. Oh, well. Hey, wait, this is the age of Me! <typetypetypetypetype> Problem solved. (Feel free to make it better, BTW.)
When going through the low-quality posts review queue, I am often confronted with posts which are indeed quite low-quality. Usually they are valid posts which are not really eligible for deletion (for example, they attempt to answer the question, albeit not very well), but they also don't "Look O...
Anyone want to create origin as a synonym for provenance?
I think it's much easier to find.
