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<blockquote data-quote="Todd Roybark" data-source="post: 7927194" data-attributes="member: 6920677"><p>The “No Religion” ban is enforced haphazardly on Enworld, and thus capriciously.</p><p></p><p>in this thread: <em>IRL nominations (historically classic ie religious, pantheonic, folkloric, no newer than 1600) for mythical cosmologies you enjoy including in d&d.</em></p><p></p><p>Posters are <em>literally</em> voting for their favorite religion. Morrus has a post in the thread, no admonition.</p><p></p><p>In <em>The consequences of playing evil races</em> thread, Umbran issues an admonishment for referencing that two religions/philosophies from the Indian Subcontinent have differences vis a vis the concept of non violence.</p><p></p><p>As the board has no explicit guidelines I am, and every other reader of the board, is ignorant as to why action was taken in one instance and not the other?</p><p></p><p>To be clear, I am not accusing a particular moderator, or any moderator of malfeasance. Frankly, I would imagine it would make a Enworld moderator’s job easier if we did have clear guidelines. </p><p></p><p>Umbran is an active poster on this board. I value his opinion, but we wind up in an awkward situation where Umbran is both a vigorous participant in a thread and issuing formal facilitator rulings in the same thread.</p><p></p><p>Again, nothing against Umbran, at all...but we wind up in potential situations that could appear unseemly.</p><p></p><p>Is a thread asking about : <em>Differing Ideas of transubstantiation in the Real World to drive D&D design</em>,run afoul of board guidelines?</p><p></p><p>Is a thread asking about: <em>Differences in beliefs about reincarnation</em>, a non starter because people might refer to Celtic belief and Hindu beliefs.</p><p></p><p>Why are threads about Zoroastrianism and Neo Platonism ok, but other references are not?</p><p></p><p>I do not want to stir up trouble, but more descriptive and definitive guidelines are needed, so all posters and moderators can be on the same text, as opposed to the ad hoc basis the topic is adjudicated now.</p><p></p><p>Again, nothing personal by this thread, it just seems to be an area of need and opportunity for further clarity to be given.</p><p></p><p>Thank You.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Todd Roybark, post: 7927194, member: 6920677"] The “No Religion” ban is enforced haphazardly on Enworld, and thus capriciously. in this thread: [I]IRL nominations (historically classic ie religious, pantheonic, folkloric, no newer than 1600) for mythical cosmologies you enjoy including in d&d.[/I] Posters are [I]literally[/I] voting for their favorite religion. Morrus has a post in the thread, no admonition. In [I]The consequences of playing evil races[/I] thread, Umbran issues an admonishment for referencing that two religions/philosophies from the Indian Subcontinent have differences vis a vis the concept of non violence. As the board has no explicit guidelines I am, and every other reader of the board, is ignorant as to why action was taken in one instance and not the other? To be clear, I am not accusing a particular moderator, or any moderator of malfeasance. Frankly, I would imagine it would make a Enworld moderator’s job easier if we did have clear guidelines. Umbran is an active poster on this board. I value his opinion, but we wind up in an awkward situation where Umbran is both a vigorous participant in a thread and issuing formal facilitator rulings in the same thread. Again, nothing against Umbran, at all...but we wind up in potential situations that could appear unseemly. Is a thread asking about : [I]Differing Ideas of transubstantiation in the Real World to drive D&D design[/I],run afoul of board guidelines? Is a thread asking about: [I]Differences in beliefs about reincarnation[/I], a non starter because people might refer to Celtic belief and Hindu beliefs. Why are threads about Zoroastrianism and Neo Platonism ok, but other references are not? I do not want to stir up trouble, but more descriptive and definitive guidelines are needed, so all posters and moderators can be on the same text, as opposed to the ad hoc basis the topic is adjudicated now. Again, nothing personal by this thread, it just seems to be an area of need and opportunity for further clarity to be given. Thank You. [/QUOTE]
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