What IS good, and how do we determine it?

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Would you mind pointing out the rule against quoting someone in your signature or "quote mining" as you put it?

So section 14 of the rules, about "quoting others accurately," just passed you by, eh?

Did you even read the rules before you decided there was nothing in there that you violated? Or did you just assume no such rule could exist because you can't possibly be wrong?

Look you stated:

"Oh, so what you're saying is that you remember that we consider that exact form of quote mining to be against the rules, and just decided to do it again. So you intentionally decided to break the rules, fully knowing what you were doing at the time. Great! Glad you admitted that."

Which WAS a misrepresentation. And I DID send a pm with the evidence I presented here, Never received a response...

And again, I ask of you: how am I possibly supposed to know what was in a PM, sent by a different mod, to you? I can't see everyone's PMs. If you weren't informed, then fine, that's true, but from my perspective I only have the report, in which quote mining did indeed play a role. I can't account for information I do not have.

No, you know why? You have a quote from a forum member in your sig, and a know of at least one other member who has a quote from Godschild in his sig, APPARENTLY it's only against the rules if it's an "embarrassing" quote.

Quoting people is not the issue, as you were told then, and were told again now. The issue in the first case is you were using it to taunt another member after you both had been speedbumped, and in the second you misrepresented the content you were quoting; it was a simple mistake that had been retracted cheerfully once that had come to light, and you were representing it without that crucial end portion to make the person you were quoting seem unreasonable. That's both trolling and against our rules on quoting people accurately; how many times do you need to be told the same damn thing before it gets into your head? You were not warned for quoting someone in your sig.

You realize I had rhythm quoted (with permission) in my sig for about seven / eight months? Now all of the sudden I'm supposed to realize the interpretation of the rules have changed and now it's considered "trolling"? Give me a break..
Sounds more like a convenient excuse.

Hey dumbass? As I mentioned earlier, and as you should fucking know since you linked to the goddamn thread where all this went down, you weren't warned for what you did with Rhythm. You were warned for what you did with FaF; two different people, different cases, different context.

Are you seriously just not listening to anything that disagrees with you? Or is your memory so bad when it comes to things that make you look bad, that you'll forget things you yourself quoted earlier today?

Why could I have Rhythm quote in my sig for about seven months and it not be an issue, then all of the sudden it's against the rules?

Because you changed your sig from Rhythm's quote to someone else's, and in that case you were quote mining in order to troll that person?

Maybe the issue isn't that you weren't adequately warned, but that you don't fucking absorb information?