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Rule #1

Pacers Digest is intended to be a place to discuss basketball without having to deal with the kinds of behaviors or attitudes that distract people from sticking with the discussion of the topics at hand. These unwanted distractions can come in many forms, and admittedly it can sometimes be tricky to pin down each and every kind that can rear its ugly head, but we feel that the following examples and explanations cover at least a good portion of that ground and should at least give people a pretty good idea of the kinds of things we actively discourage:

"Anyone who __________ is a liar / a fool / an idiot / a blind homer / has their head buried in the sand / a blind hater / doesn't know basketball / doesn't watch the games"

"People with intelligence will agree with me when I say that __________"

"Only stupid people think / believe / do ___________"

"I can't wait to hear something from PosterX when he/she sees that **insert a given incident or current event that will have probably upset or disappointed PosterX here**"

"He/she is just delusional"

"This thread is stupid / worthless / embarrassing"

"I'm going to take a moment to point and / laugh at PosterX / GroupOfPeopleY who thought / believed *insert though/belief here*"

"Remember when PosterX said OldCommentY that no longer looks good? "

In general, if a comment goes from purely on topic to something 'ad hominem' (personal jabs, personal shots, attacks, flames, however you want to call it, towards a person, or a group of people, or a given city/state/country of people), those are most likely going to be found intolerable.

We also dissuade passive aggressive behavior. This can be various things, but common examples include statements that are basically meant to imply someone is either stupid or otherwise incapable of holding a rational conversation. This can include (but is not limited to) laughing at someone's conclusions rather than offering an honest rebuttal, asking people what game they were watching, or another common problem is Poster X will say "that player isn't that bad" and then Poster Y will say something akin to "LOL you think that player is good". We're not going to tolerate those kinds of comments out of respect for the community at large and for the sake of trying to just have an honest conversation.

Now, does the above cover absolutely every single kind of distraction that is unwanted? Probably not, but you should by now have a good idea of the general types of things we will be discouraging. The above examples are meant to give you a good feel for / idea of what we're looking for. If something new or different than the above happens to come along and results in the same problem (that being, any other attitude or behavior that ultimately distracts from actually just discussing the topic at hand, or that is otherwise disrespectful to other posters), we can and we will take action to curb this as well, so please don't take this to mean that if you managed to technically avoid saying something exactly like one of the above examples that you are then somehow off the hook.

That all having been said, our goal is to do so in a generally kind and respectful way, and that doesn't mean the moment we see something we don't like that somebody is going to be suspended or banned, either. It just means that at the very least we will probably say something about it, quite possibly snipping out the distracting parts of the post in question while leaving alone the parts that are actually just discussing the topics, and in the event of a repeating or excessive problem, then we will start issuing infractions to try to further discourage further repeat problems, and if it just never seems to improve, then finally suspensions or bans will come into play. We would prefer it never went that far, and most of the time for most of our posters, it won't ever have to.

A slip up every once and a while is pretty normal, but, again, when it becomes repetitive or excessive, something will be done. Something occasional is probably going to be let go (within reason), but when it starts to become habitual or otherwise a pattern, odds are very good that we will step in.

There's always a small minority that like to push people's buttons and/or test their own boundaries with regards to the administrators, and in the case of someone acting like that, please be aware that this is not a court of law, but a private website run by people who are simply trying to do the right thing as they see it. If we feel that you are a special case that needs to be dealt with in an exceptional way because your behavior isn't explicitly mirroring one of our above examples of what we generally discourage, we can and we will take atypical action to prevent this from continuing if you are not cooperative with us.

Also please be aware that you will not be given a pass simply by claiming that you were 'only joking,' because quite honestly, when someone really is just joking, for one thing most people tend to pick up on the joke, including the person or group that is the target of the joke, and for another thing, in the event where an honest joke gets taken seriously and it upsets or angers someone, the person who is truly 'only joking' will quite commonly go out of his / her way to apologize and will try to mend fences. People who are dishonest about their statements being 'jokes' do not do so, and in turn that becomes a clear sign of what is really going on. It's nothing new.

In any case, quite frankly, the overall quality and health of the entire forum's community is more important than any one troublesome user will ever be, regardless of exactly how a problem is exhibiting itself, and if it comes down to us having to make a choice between you versus the greater health and happiness of the entire community, the community of this forum will win every time.

Lastly, there are also some posters, who are generally great contributors and do not otherwise cause any problems, who sometimes feel it's their place to provoke or to otherwise 'mess with' that small minority of people described in the last paragraph, and while we possibly might understand why you might feel you WANT to do something like that, the truth is we can't actually tolerate that kind of behavior from you any more than we can tolerate the behavior from them. So if we feel that you are trying to provoke those other posters into doing or saying something that will get themselves into trouble, then we will start to view you as a problem as well, because of the same reason as before: The overall health of the forum comes first, and trying to stir the pot with someone like that doesn't help, it just makes it worse. Some will simply disagree with this philosophy, but if so, then so be it because ultimately we have to do what we think is best so long as it's up to us.

If you see a problem that we haven't addressed, the best and most appropriate course for a forum member to take here is to look over to the left of the post in question. See underneath that poster's name, avatar, and other info, down where there's a little triangle with an exclamation point (!) in it? Click that. That allows you to report the post to the admins so we can definitely notice it and give it a look to see what we feel we should do about it. Beyond that, obviously it's human nature sometimes to want to speak up to the poster in question who has bothered you, but we would ask that you try to refrain from doing so because quite often what happens is two or more posters all start going back and forth about the original offending post, and suddenly the entire thread is off topic or otherwise derailed. So while the urge to police it yourself is understandable, it's best to just report it to us and let us handle it. Thank you!

All of the above is going to be subject to a case by case basis, but generally and broadly speaking, this should give everyone a pretty good idea of how things will typically / most often be handled.

Rule #2

If the actions of an administrator inspire you to make a comment, criticism, or express a concern about it, there is a wrong place and a couple of right places to do so.

The wrong place is to do so in the original thread in which the administrator took action. For example, if a post gets an infraction, or a post gets deleted, or a comment within a larger post gets clipped out, in a thread discussing Paul George, the wrong thing to do is to distract from the discussion of Paul George by adding your off topic thoughts on what the administrator did.

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A) Start a thread about the specific incident you want to talk about on the Feedback board. This way you are able to express yourself in an area that doesn't throw another thread off topic, and this way others can add their two cents as well if they wish, and additionally if there's something that needs to be said by the administrators, that is where they will respond to it.

B) Send a private message to the administrators, and they can respond to you that way.

If this is done the wrong way, those comments will be deleted, and if it's a repeating problem then it may also receive an infraction as well.

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If a poster is bothering you, and an administrator has not or will not deal with that poster to the extent that you would prefer, you have a powerful tool at your disposal, one that has recently been upgraded and is now better than ever: The ability to ignore a user.

When you ignore a user, you will unfortunately still see some hints of their existence (nothing we can do about that), however, it does the following key things:

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To utilize this feature, from any page on Pacers Digest, scroll to the top of the page, look to the top right where it says 'Settings' and click that. From the settings page, look to the left side of the page where it says 'My Settings', and look down from there until you see 'Edit Ignore List' and click that. From here, it will say 'Add a Member to Your List...' Beneath that, click in the text box to the right of 'User Name', type in or copy & paste the username of the poster you are ignoring, and once their name is in the box, look over to the far right and click the 'Okay' button. All done!

Rule #4

Regarding infractions, currently they carry a value of one point each, and that point will expire in 31 days. If at any point a poster is carrying three points at the same time, that poster will be suspended until the oldest of the three points expires.

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When you share or paste content or articles from another website, you must include the URL/link back to where you found it, who wrote it, and what website it's from. Said content will be removed if this doesn't happen.

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If I copy and paste an article from the Indianapolis Star website, I would post something like this:

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It may or may not go without saying, but this goes for threads and posts as well, particularly when it's not made on the off-topic board (Market Square).

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We prefer self-restraint and/or modesty when making jokes or off topic comments in a sports discussion thread. They can be fun, but sometimes they derail or distract from a topic, and we don't want to see that happen. If we feel it is a problem, we will either delete or move those posts from the thread.

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NBA top ten power forwards and top ten NBA centers SI.com

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  • NBA top ten power forwards and top ten NBA centers SI.com

    Not sure if I agree with Aldridge and Josh Smith that low.


    1 Love
    2 Dirk
    3 Blake
    4 Bosh
    5 KG
    6 Aldridge
    7 Gasol
    8 Amare
    9 Josh Smith
    10 Duncan.


    http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/lists/t...photo=31357167
    Last edited by vnzla81; 10-15-2012, 03:26 PM.
    @WhatTheFFacts: Studies show that sarcasm enhances the ability of the human mind to solve complex problems!

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    Re: NBA top ten power forwards and top ten NBA centers SI.com

    Top ten center:

    1 Howard
    2 Bynum
    3 Gasol
    4 Chandler
    5 Noah
    6 Al Jefferson
    7 Greg Monroe
    8 Cousins
    9 Brook Lopez


    10Roy Hibbert, Indiana Pacers He doesn't jump like Javale McGee. He doesn't score like Nene, rebound like Marcin Gortat or block shots like Andrew Bogut. Yet Hibbert does everything well enough to get the nod over those more physically gifted centers, a testament to his work ethic and steady improvement. In his fourth NBA season, the 7-foot-2 Hibbert completed his rise from big stiff to All-Star and got a max contract to boot.
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    • #3
      Re: NBA top ten power forwards and top ten NBA centers SI.com

      Griffin at 3 is ridiculous if you ask me.
      "Nobody wants to play against Tyler Hansbrough NO BODY!" ~ Frank Vogel

      "And David put his hand in the bag and took out a stone and slung it. And it struck the Philistine on the head and he fell to the ground. Amen. "

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      • #4
        Re: NBA top ten power forwards and top ten NBA centers SI.com

        I would out DA at 3 and KG at 4. Or switch them. Blake at 5. Bosh or Gasol at 6. Josh Smith at 7 and Amare at 8.

        Centers
        Lopez scores great, but he is not the all-around player that Hibbert is. Nene could beat him out if he was healthy. I would put Cousins ahead of Monroe on pure play.

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        • #5
          Re: NBA top ten power forwards and top ten NBA centers SI.com

          There are at least 5 guys after Griffin who should be ahead of him.
          "I had to take her down like Chris Brown."

          -Lance Stephenson

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          • #6
            Re: NBA top ten power forwards and top ten NBA centers SI.com

            Aldridge underrated like always I could debate him being #1 on the list #6 is a joke. Same with Duncan at #10 his #s will be down because they save him but he should be higher and probably on the C list same with KG they both play more C than PF now and still have a ton of game left.


            Cousins at #8 is a joke have him as my #2 but the others Cs are about right 3-10 can go in just about any order IMO not much difference.

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            • #7
              Re: NBA top ten power forwards and top ten NBA centers SI.com

              Does Kevin Love play any defense? I mean is his defense even as good as Dirk's. Blake doesn't play much defense either

              I remember back in the day the power forward position was defense first.

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              • #8
                Re: NBA top ten power forwards and top ten NBA centers SI.com

                Originally posted by Unclebuck View Post
                Does Kevin Love play any defense? I mean is his defense even as good as Dirk's. Blake doesn't play much defense either

                I remember back in the day the power forward position was defense first.
                Love played very solid D last year.

                Anyway, since this is basically a wishlist and not a real ranking based on what positions these guys actually play.... my top 10s would be:

                Top 10 PFs:
                1. Love
                2. Dirk
                3. Aldridge
                4. Pau
                5. Bosh
                6. Griffin
                7. Al Horford
                8. Duncan
                9. KG
                10. Monroe

                Top 10 centers:
                1. Howard
                2. Bynum
                3. Marc Gasol
                4. Tyson Chandler
                5. Duncan
                6. Pau
                7. KG
                8. Noah
                9. Bosh
                10. Cousins
                Last edited by hackashaq; 10-15-2012, 04:33 PM.

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                • #9
                  Re: NBA top ten power forwards and top ten NBA centers SI.com

                  Lol at Griffin #3 and Noah #5. And for that matter, here's a hearty laugh for Lopez at #9

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                  • #10
                    Re: NBA top ten power forwards and top ten NBA centers SI.com

                    Originally posted by hackashaq View Post
                    Top 10 centers:
                    1. Howard
                    2. Bynum
                    3. Marc Gasol
                    4. Tyson Chandler
                    5. Duncan
                    6. Pau
                    7. KG
                    8. Noah
                    9. Bosh
                    10. Cousins
                    OK, wait, you are taking Bosh AT CENTER over Hibbert?
                    BillS

                    A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
                    Or throw in a first-round pick and flip it for a max-level point guard...

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                    • #11
                      Re: NBA top ten power forwards and top ten NBA centers SI.com

                      Originally posted by BillS View Post
                      OK, wait, you are taking Bosh AT CENTER over Hibbert?
                      Any time you can take a thin, 6/11 finesse player and start him at the 5 over a stronger, 7/2 guy, you have to do it.

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                      • #12
                        Re: NBA top ten power forwards and top ten NBA centers SI.com

                        I'm taking Bosh over Hibbert at center if that is where I have to play him. Comfortably.
                        "I had to take her down like Chris Brown."

                        -Lance Stephenson

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                        • #13
                          Re: NBA top ten power forwards and top ten NBA centers SI.com

                          Bosh is a much better offensive talent, his D skillset is different but overall defensive quality is similar, he can give much more minutes, and he did an admirable job overall at 5 last year. So, yes.

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                            Re: NBA top ten power forwards and top ten NBA centers SI.com

                            Man I hate these lists. Players don't play in a vacuum. And yes, I'd say the same thing if Roy were #1.

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                            • #15
                              Re: NBA top ten power forwards and top ten NBA centers SI.com

                              I'd put Hibbert above Noah and Lopez. Not sure about Monroe, haven't seem him play much.
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