# a question about the rules.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-the-rules/504651>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [July 29, 2009, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-the-rules/504651 "2009-07-29T09:17:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![wmfellows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@wmfellows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wmfellows)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-the-rules/504651/21 "2009-07-29T19:46:37Z")

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> [@Marley23](#):
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> Yes, we regarded an attempt to draw attention to the snark board, and to do snarking on this board, as a separate matter from the snarkpit coming up in conversation. This thread didn’t go anywhere or draw any warnings.
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> Off board issues go off board, **Fenris**. If you want to do snarkboard memes, there’s a snark board for it.

Why are you so bloody afraid of the Snark Board? It’s damned boring. Your idiotic policies and Stalinesque paranoid behaviour about it make it more interesting than it would ever be on its own.

Your entire behaviour - you collectively - is quite stupid.

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**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-the-rules/504651/22 "2009-07-29T19:50:12Z")

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As I have said before: it’s like the US’s policy on marijuana. There is no real reason for it beyond upholding history, but they find themselves in a position where they are unable to reverse themselves without looking stupid. Looking stupid is worse (apparently) than being consistent, even when that consistency is wrong.

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**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-the-rules/504651/23 "2009-07-31T20:41:46Z")

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> [@Giraffe](#):
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> It used to be in the Pit Forum Rules sticky, and was generally understood to also apply board-wide. I vaguely remember discussion of retracting it in the Pit when the rules were changed, but I think that only led to its removal from the Pit Rules sticky but not its addition anywhere else.

Yes. The ignore list rule itself is documented here: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7697065&postcount=13](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7697065&postcount=13)

But the exception for the Pit is only found in Ed’s announcement:

[QUOTE=Ed Zotti]  
5. The rule against telling people they’re on your “ignore” list has been rescinded in the Pit.  
[/QUOTE]  
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10868994&highlight=ignore#post10868994](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10868994&highlight=ignore#post10868994)

So this point is well-taken:

[QUOTE=Giraffe]  
Someone really needs to sit down and write up a single, clear list of the board rules that can be easily referred to.  
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