Cites are important on the SDMB, especially in FQ/GD/PE. Even in the Pit, the readers want to know what the heck you’re talking about.
Here’s how I think it should go:
- Request a cite.
- If none is provided after your request, or you think that the cite is faulty, post your own cite to make the point that you want to make.
- If the conversation is still not productive (or to your liking), just drop it.
In this thread, Whats the legality of prosecuting someone for doing something that is illegal in their home state, but legal in another state - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board multiple posters are requesting cites multiple times each.
This amounts to badgering another poster that you don’t agree with, and poor form, IMHO.
ATMB question. Are there, or should there be, any guidelines (not rules) regarding this subject?