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Posted by victory Posts 36 Registered at 2009-04-18 11:37:25	2010-03-15 00:12:48 - Language in Chat
	I was a bit taken back last night when I was told to "read the f...g manual" by someone from the race committee!!! My two young Daughters play this game and I would rather that they didnt have to read that sort of thing, so needless to say that myself and niether of them will not be sailing with SOL anymore.
Posted by 76Trombones Posts 362 Registered at 2009-08-03 18:04:56	2010-03-15 02:25:36 - Re: Language in Chat
	While I _completely_ agree that language in chat should be age appropriate for all potential SOLers, it has to be emphasised that the SOL race committee (SRC) is open to everyone and participation by _everyone_ is encouraged. We're an advisory body only - NOT an official entity of SOL. The chat tends to reflect the tone of the present _active_ chat participants, most of whom are well known to all concerned. The reminder to the community that chat may be read by SOLers that are lurking or otherwise not accounted for when making personal decorum choices is _most_ welcome, and I'm sure that everyone will take it to heart. Everyone get worked up when "issues" arise. Late-night-local-time is an understandable but not good enough excuse. Easy enough to keep it friendly for all concerned. Regards, 76T
Posted by K3 (Bernd) Posts 130 Registered at 2008-08-25 12:34:07	2010-03-16 09:27:44 - Re: Language in Chat
	I wonder why the sentence "rtfm" is repeated in the forum, when it was so disturbing in the chat. Moreover I know this sentence only as a joke and in this way it was meant in the chat by that RC-member. There was nothing disturbing inside and children who can replace the stars know already what they have to know. I'm happy that your boat victory still sails and everybody cooled down a bit. The new rules are an improvement for our game. Bernd (K3) One of the bad boys from San Juan
Posted by Hirilondë Posts 48 Registered at 2010-02-22 12:50:31	2010-03-16 12:40:26 - Re: Language in Chat
	76Trombones said @ 2010-03-15 02:25:36: While I _completely_ agree that language in chat should be age appropriate for all potential SOLers, it has to be emphasised that the SOL race committee (SRC) is open to everyone and participation by _everyone_ is encouraged. We're an advisory body only - NOT an official entity of SOL......... end quote They are chosen by SOL and represent this entity whether intended or not. One would expect better than normal behavior for this reason alone. It is a total disregard for responsibility to say otherwise. I don't see how the sentence in question could be construed as a joke. No matter how I look at it it comes out derogatory. As to whether there should be rules concerning etiquette in chat, and what they should or shouldn't be: I would hope that common decency would be enough. How far any rules should go regarding young people being present isn't so clear. I have no strong feelings in this regard
Posted by StuArt Posts 118 Registered at 2008-11-15 22:03:54	2010-03-16 18:32:34 - Re: Language in Chat
	The "sentence" came with a smiley edit: I used "RTFM" in chat - with a smiley - also a few weeks ago. I didn't know and didn't expect that kids are playing this game. I will consider this. regards Stu/Berth --- Last Edited by StuArt at 2010-03-16 18:35:23 ---
Posted by 76Trombones Posts 362 Registered at 2009-08-03 18:04:56	2010-03-16 19:44:44 - Re: Language in Chat
	Hirilondë - the SRC isn't chosen by SOL. It's a very loosely organized, independent group of volunteers that contribute time and effort when they can, and feed ideas from the userbase to SOL for consideration. Anyone who self-identifies as helping with the SRC has the same level of personal responsibility as every other SOLer.
Posted by ernissss Posts 23 Registered at 2008-12-15 12:42:03	2010-03-17 06:05:31 - Re: Language in Chat
	Good explanation of some initialisms http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTFM Ernestas /ernissss/ LT
Posted by victory Posts 36 Registered at 2009-04-18 11:37:25	2010-03-17 07:53:14 - Re: Language in Chat
	May i just verify that "RTFM" Was not used in the istance that I am talking about. It was as I stated in my first post in this thread!

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