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:staffwarn: Many posts were deleted. None of these should be a surprise to anyone. Some of these are under review for additional action. If you make an attack against the person or character of another poster, expect to get deleted and possibly have your posting privileges limited for a...

:staffwarn: Ad homs are against the TOU. They are also non-productive. Look at your post before you submit. If it is about your fellow member, and not about the topic, then delete it. It’s an ad hominem attack. Thread temoprarily closed while mods spend time deleting non-productive ad...

:staffwarn: Enough with the TDS. You've beaten that one to death. Let's move on without the goading and bickering and ad homs, please. Thank you.

:staffwarn: This is a copy of the thread for the religion forum. The original science thread is cleaned up and stull resides in natural science. If you’d like to discuss the science, go there. This one is now okay to continue religious talk.

:staffwarn: This thread is in the science forum. Discussions about “Team Creationism” do not belong here. A copy of this thread with all the religious talk has been moved to the religion forum. This copy has been cleaned up of all the non-science religious talk. Please stick to the science...

We've got 20 reports piled up and most of them are from this thread. Most of those are just from today. Locking temporarily while we review and get all the reports sorted. Be back soon. Maybe. :staffwarn: :staffwarn: :staffwarn: :staffwarn:

:staffwarn: It's a violation to change someone else's comments when quoting, with limited exceptions. Rhetoric or friendly jokes, sure, when that intent is clear. But paring or revising someone's words in a way that distorts their message or misrepresent their views is a serious violation and...

:staffwarn: Address the argument and not the person. Gonna start passing out suspensions to regulars who have been here for years and still can't figure out how to follow this one simple rule. :staffwarn:

Address the argument and not the person. Gonna start passing out warnings with suspensions if regulars who have been here for years still can't figure out how to follow this one simple rule.

Troll accusations are against the TOU. Please stop before you make a lot of work for the mods.

Let's dial back the snark in the thread, please.

:staffwarn: Reminder that repetitive, low-content, belligerent comments will take you down the path of deletions, warnings, and time-outs. Address the argument, not the person. If your comment attacks a person, take it out.

:staffwarn: This Thread is locked for insulting other members and abusive langauge, and then multiple quotes of the abusive and insulting language.

:staffwarn: This thread is not about abortion. If you wish to discuss when life starts, take that to a new thread.

📌 Important Reminder from the Mod Team: Reporting TOU Violations 📌 Hello Community, To enhance the efficiency of our moderation and maintain the quality of discussions, we're introducing a small but necessary change to how you report posts. When Reporting a Violation: Specify the Rule...