Like I said, you certainly CAN address voters on their votes, but IMO shouldn't do it.

It's just a practical to make use of the system.

But starting a thread after your attempts at calling others to attention obviously did not have the desired effect is taking this thing too far IMO.

As is evident from the short discussion with Skip and you, there#s different POVs on this matter, and the three of us simply do not share one of them.

No problem there.

Quoting Darxon:

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As is evident from the short discussion with Skip and you, there#s different POVs on this matter, and the three of us simply do not share one of them.

No problem there.

I think you will find quite a few users that share your POV.  And you are correct, there is not problem with that.  The problems start when some users don't respect the wishes of other users.

Hmmm, now that i think about it Unicus, that attitude does match up quite nicely with many ofyour other behaviors, constant parsing of each and every word, judging others with no basis in reality.It all fits together. Not being a shrink I don't knowif it is significant but it does all fit.

Not my favorite game,m Unicus, but I am just as capable of belittlling as you are. In short conside this a request.

Skip

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Hey darxon, while I understand we have to agree to disagree. I find users who adopt the privacy attitude to be petty and arrogant quite frankly. I want to be advised of ANY mistake I might make, if I disagree with the user we can discuss it, if i have made a mistake I will fix it. I think we would all be better off if more users would stop trying to hide behind some self-imposed cloak of secrecy and worked together, building this database is a collaborative effort and personally if someone does not want to be part of the team, then get off. But that is my opinion.

Skip

Skip, I'm not "adopting a privacy attitude" and I don't regard myself as petty or arrogant. If I were as thin skinned as you are in these days, a post like that surely would've erupted another one of the numerous and infamous posts several members of the community (it's not just you, I acknowledge that) have become (in)famous for in the past months.

I personally don't mind being contacted about my votes, however, there are several users of the community who do not wish for this to happen.

That's one point to be considered, if you're contacting someone about their vote and are not the contributor, you're invading privacy on grounds not qualified to do so.

And secondly:

While I personally don't mind being contacted on my votes, I strongly resent being called upon it in the forum afterwards if I don't change my vote (thank God in this thread at least the naming of those casting the supposedly wrong votes has not occurred), After all, it's MY vote, it's MY decision how I cast it and it's not ANYBODY's business except Ken and / or Gerri to pass judgement on it by accepting or declining the contribution, thus passing judgment on my vote as well.

If this attitude qualifies as petty and arrogant in your book, well then I am arrogant and petty, and proud of it.

The threadstarter obviously was not satisfied with the results of his contacting other users, so he brought the subject here. Something that in my book is inappropriate to say the least (to use a term currently "en vogue" in our forums: it might even be considered bullying).

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The threadstarter obviously was not satisfied with the results of his contacting other users, so he brought the subject here. Something that in my book is inappropriate to say the least (to use a term currently "en vogue" in our forums: it might even be considered bullying).

I started the thread first if you must know. Then it was suggested to contact the votes in a pm to let them know of the violation. I opened this thread to see what others thought of first. So before you make a statement like you did make sure you have all of the facts.

Quoting Dragon73:

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I started the thread first if you must know. Then it was suggested to contact the votes in a pm to let them know of the violation. I opened this thread to see what others thought of first. So before you make a statement like you did make sure you have all of the facts.

I think that was my fault. When I said users I meant the contributors as I thought you were talking about multiple contributions.
Please accept my apologies for bringing the wrath of the community down on you!