I noticed someone submitted the removal of Special Edition Crew data in some Star Wars profiles.
Apart from any other consideration, I don't think it's a good policy to change and change again, take them in, take them out, and so on.

However, those contributions are getting both YES and NO votes, and the Screeners will decide what is right and what is wrong for the online database. So be it.
Personally I will accept any decision from the Screeners, whatever they decide.
If the Screeners do accept the removal, I will not contribute other special or restoration crew anymore, and will vote neutral on any further removals.

BUT I just hope that others will accept Screeners' decisions as well, and if the Screeners do NOT accept these removals, they will not try again and again removing special or restoration crew in other profiles.

What do you say?

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whichever way she chooses to go will give us the answer.

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Precisely my point. I'm glad you agree to consider that decision as a precedent, whatever the answer.

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So why create the controversy, Enry. Are you attempting to stack the deck.

I just would like that we don't go on changing. Whichever decision is better than ping-pongs.
So, I say, whatever the decision by Gerry, we accept it. I hope that you and others agree with that, so that will settle the issue now and for ever.

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The poll speaks for itself and Gerri can now supply an answer. Let her do it. The poll results speak for themselves.

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A poll is just a poll and doesn't overide the Screeners.
However, even the Screeners may contradict themselves sometimes.
That's why I am saying that you and I (and others), of our own will, accept this decision by the Screeners as a precedent that settles any controversy.

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I will give that a definite MAYBE.<fingers crossed>

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MAYBEs keep the controversy alive. I want to settle any controversy.
Yes?
No?

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Quoting skipnet50:

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So why create the controversy, Enry. Are you attempting to stack the deck.

I just would like that we don't go on changing. Whichever decision is better than ping-pongs.
So, I say, whatever the decision by Gerry, we accept it. I hope that you and others agree with that, so that will settle the issue now and for ever.

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The poll speaks for itself and Gerri can now supply an answer. Let her do it. The poll results speak for themselves.

Skip

A poll is just a poll and doesn't overide the Screeners.
However, even the Screeners may contradict themselves sometimes.
That's why I am saying that you and I (and others), of our own will, accept this decision by the Screeners as a precedent that settles any controversy.

The part I put in bold is the exact reason I personally would never accept a profile going through as a decision. There is only 2 things I see acceptable of knowing what Invelos wants.

1. Something added to the Rules
2. A statement here in the forum from Ken/Gerri

Anything shy from the 2 above I would not see as anything definite to solve this or any other matter.

But what I am saying is you can not stop the ping pongs like that. For every person that will agree to such a thing you can have another... or even 2 or 3 that will not agree to such a thing.

There is too many people with strong feelings on either side of any argument around here for such a thing to work. and you can not force people to go by any type of user convention when only a significantly small portion of the userbase comes to these forums. You can not force people to agree, contribute and vote on one spacific user convention. If it is not in the rules a certain way... or if Ken/Gerri doesn't make a public statement then each and every person is welcome to try to put something through and see if people want it or not.

I remember just recently reading a thread (forget the thread now) that Hal tried to bring up a user convention and he was told the same basic thing.

You call it being anal. I call it following the rules, which are silent on such data, which means don't do as you WANT. I am trying to roundabout method method to get an answer, we will see.

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I remember just recently reading a thread (forget the thread now) that Hal tried to bring up a user convention and he was told the same basic thing.

Interestingly enough, one of the arguments in that thread was that because the screeners had accepted profiles, that it must be OK.

I'd say an long standing user convention carries more weight than acceptance of a profile or two by the screeners.

That's not to say that user convention carries the same weight as a written Rule, but lacking anything to the contrary, user convetion, especially over a very long time frame, should carry some weight in our decision-making process.