Quoting skipnet50:

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My position on names comes from not being an American, but from a person who is internationally familiar with many of the world's naming conventions, as well as American, and a recognition that the only real answer is person him/herself, there is no LAW about names, there is not even a real convention per se. Every person's name is deeply personal, and they handle it in whatever manner they choose to handle it for whatever reasons they have.

You say that like it is some kind of global truth. Maybe that is the case in the US. However, there are laws about names in some countries. You can not take whatever name you like, names must follow the rules of the language, the law might even tell how spouses can combine their last names after marriage, woman can not have male first name and vice versa, how many first (given) names a person can have, etc.

Quoting EnryWiki:

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I am tired of personal attacks and disrepctful words in every thread I post in, from the usual extremely active one person who is "always right".
Sorry guys, I'm done with this forum.

Sorry to hear that Enry, I hope you reconsider. I'd also recommend the Block system if you're having issues with a particular user.

Quoting northbloke:

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Quoting EnryWiki:

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I am tired of personal attacks and disrepctful words in every thread I post in, from the usual extremely active one person who is "always right".
Sorry guys, I'm done with this forum.

Sorry to hear that Enry, I hope you reconsider. I'd also recommend the Block system if you're having issues with a particular user.

I agree with North.  That is why the system was invented.

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Quoting northbloke:

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Quoting EnryWiki:

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I am tired of personal attacks and disrepctful words in every thread I post in, from the usual extremely active one person who is "always right".
Sorry guys, I'm done with this forum.

Sorry to hear that Enry, I hope you reconsider. I'd also recommend the Block system if you're having issues with a particular user.

I agree with North.  That is why the system was invented.

I think the blocking system is not a solution in this case. It can't be an excuse for allowing abuses anyway.
You can ignore/block someone if you want to, but any user has the right not to be harassed, as the forum rules say. The rep system was a good idea at first, for a while we had some peace, but the deterring effect has vanished away almost completely now.
My policy is to almost never reply to slandering and diminishing posts because I don't like flames, but I don't enjoy being attacked either. Others left this forum for the same reason. Blocking is not an option with an experienced hyperactive user who posts in every thread and mixes irrelevant and insulting statements with other more relevant / influential sentences.
Maybe I will still use the other Invelos forums, like technical or general discussions, but what's the point of posting here where one post out of three or four is from Mr. I-know-it-all? It's no fun anymore.

Ta ta for now! 

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I am tired of personal attacks and disrepctful words in every thread I post in, from the usual extremely active one person who is "always right".
Sorry guys, I'm done with this forum.

I've reread this posting again. I did not realy see any attacks in this one? Or did you start one with this:

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Again, please read the forum rules before posting.

You start a discussion, and then you want take the respons to it. You know how heated these discussions can be, especially when you take in a position.

When you come with a posting like this, ain't that an attack on the current rules? Nothing to be offended by, I would think.

I would disagree with you there, north, since Dan was instrumental in the design of them, he in fact collaborated with both myself and Jesse on the Case Types. Yes, I viewed Enry's list as yet another attack on the Rules, and yet another one centered around culture.

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I'm Dutch speaking and it is only half clear to me what EnryWiki wants here?

I never said I understood Enry's post either 

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and for attack i don't know how strong this is: attack [the ~]
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I would rather go with the last 4. (like in the Commons where politicians have heated discusions)

I'm guessing here you're asking how strong a word "attack" is? In english, it's a very strong word, usually used to describe a violent assault with the intention of doing harm. eg. "The army attacked the citadel", "the two wild dogs attacked each other".
It's usually used to desribe any vindictive action intended to cause damage. That's why I don't see it as appropriate to describe Enry's initial post that way.