Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-5035900-20151108040946/@comment-5035900-20151122035202

So... soon to two weeks later and despite this post, I am still seeing a good number of comments insulting writers by name, be it on pages of their works or on entirely different pages altogether.

The reason I had posted this was when I saw an individual first-time user being maliciously picked on... when really, this has been going on probably since Day 1 of this community.

Why has it been unopposed to the point of being practically acceptable? It's my fault, frankly. Each time I saw one of those comments, I didn't go to the person's wall and call them out. No, I'd just remove the comment and hope they'd figure it out. Suffice to say, they clearly have not. Not only did they ignore this entire wall, as well as Agent's entire blog, but have ignored the 2nd rule of this Wiki:

'''2. All What-If? Death Battle's are to be respected, content and outcome included. Criticism must be constructive and outcomes you disagree with are to be respectfully disagreed with.'''
 * The following is not allowed:
 * Insulting and targeting an individual user, their battle idea, or works
 * Using a picture or video for the intent of insulting the person or their work

All of that... is NOT a good form of criticism. Going around saying "[insert writer]'s battles are bad/biased" is in ZERO way, shape or form a good form of criticism.

What's good criticism? CONSTRUCTIVE criticism. Telling them why you disagree while showing them the respect that you yourself would appreciate someone else giving you. The idea is not only are you pointing out the kinks that would otherwise make them great writers and make the battles they write great reads.

And if they don't take your advice and keep doing what they're doing? The malicious behavior listed above is NOT the way to go about it.

So simply put, that is from this day forward no longer acceptable behavior towards an individual user here. I gave those who typed them too many chances in the past without even so much as a warning, a terrible choice on my part... but now if they, and they know who they are, post such comments ever again, they will given an immediate cease and desist on the issue. And if they don't stand down? Then they're blocked, simple as that.

You want to be a respected member of this community? Then start by respecting your fellow users, no matter how much you disagree with them. Does that even really need to be stated?