Civility subsection suggestion

[Catholic_Lady]

Really, I think everyone knows what it means to be civil.

I think you are vastly underestimating what everybody 'knows'.

What is civil to me, I would imagine sometimes might not be civil to you.

I think the college classroom metaphor is a great stepping off point, however. I can see a mod discussion and vote happening with that guideline in mind.

As much as someone here may claim to think calling someone a dickwad or whatever is civil, I highly doubt they'd actually put that in practice lol. As in, I don't think they'd say that to a fellow classmate's face during classroom discussion time, for example.

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I'd prefer it if everyone was allowed in of course, but this might be a good compromise. I'd support this approach.

My biggest concern with this is that I think anyone who wants to have a productive conversation will do so in 'The Classroom' (I'm calling the new forum this for now ) and if it's like A69, new members, guests, and lurkers will not see the good conversations and might not ever join.

Well it can be like a69 in the sense that you need approval to join, but it can still be viewable to the public. How does that sound? I think the "needing approval" thing would really motivate people to be on their best behavior in there because they wouldn't wanna risk getting kicked out.

Meaning less work for the mods. It may work!