In a message dated 8/30/2006 5:06:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, wizardnc@comporium.net writes: The administrator is in charge. You cannot criticize other people or any thing on the Rootsweb system. If you want to do that you must do it privately between yourself and the person you have a problem with, not publicly. I'd tell you the same thing on any one of my 100 + boards and lists. Just because you are subscribed to a board or list, does not give you the right to set your own rules. Steve Boards are different animals than lists and they have a different set of rules. While the admin is king (pretty much) on his lists the same isn't true of boards. For instance--I can't decide on a US county message board that ONLY the USGenWeb coordinator can post information for the county and those holding other resources are not permitted--if I manage a county board that board has to be available for all who wish to post legitimate (relevant) posts to the board. It depends on what you mean by criticizing whether or not it might be appropriate on a board or not. For instance--two researchers can disagree on what various evidence indicates and that is permissable on a board. You can even post items you might not like about WorldConnect or Ancestry on the WorldConnect Suggestions Board or the Ancestry Site Comments Board. What can't happen on a board is personal attacks and personalities, but certainly polite disagreement and criticism is permitted. Joan

I think this is what was going on, as the person stated she was criticizing and attacking someones web site on a Rootsweb board. That should be taken to a personal level and never ever on a board or list in public. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: <JYoung6180@aol.com> To: <boards-admins@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 5:38 PM Subject: Re: [BAd] administrator of the Bradford board > > In a message dated 8/30/2006 5:06:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, > wizardnc@comporium.net writes: > > The administrator is in charge. You cannot criticize other people or any > thing on the Rootsweb system. If you want to do that you must do it > privately between yourself and the person you have a problem with, not > publicly. I'd tell you the same thing on any one of my 100 + boards and > lists. Just because you are subscribed to a board or list, does not give > you the right to set your own rules. > > Steve > > > > Boards are different animals than lists and they have a different set of > rules. While the admin is king (pretty much) on his lists the same isn't > true > of boards. > > For instance--I can't decide on a US county message board that ONLY the > USGenWeb coordinator can post information for the county and those holding > other > resources are not permitted--if I manage a county board that board has to > be > available for all who wish to post legitimate (relevant) posts to the > board. > > It depends on what you mean by criticizing whether or not it might be > appropriate on a board or not. For instance--two researchers can disagree > on what > various evidence indicates and that is permissable on a board. You can > even > post items you might not like about WorldConnect or Ancestry on the > WorldConnect Suggestions Board or the Ancestry Site Comments Board. > > What can't happen on a board is personal attacks and personalities, but > certainly polite disagreement and criticism is permitted. > > Joan > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BOARDS-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >