Precedent
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The Gender Protocol Has Teeth
X.T.M announces that a commenter, KB, has been fined 20 comments under the Gender Protocol for remarks about a Pakistani female politician that the admins describe as misogynistic. The post…
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Online Safety Protocol Activated
Agni announces that the Online Safety Protocol is reactivated after Kabir reported that toxicity is affecting his health. Five named commenters may not interact with one another, and replies between…
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Open Thread: The Courtesy Guidance & the Two Factions (Majority vs. Minority)
X.T.M’s open thread describes BP’s two factions, majority and minority, and argues the Courtesy Guidance should give minority commenters latitude without letting either side provoke; the Ceasefire stays lapsed for…
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Two House Precedents
Two house precedents: online-safety reports must now reach the editors by email, and BP restates its aims as density (20 comments per post) and diversity (five voices per thread), with…
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On Safety and Hinduphobia
Announcing a ten-day suspension of a commenter who posted another commenter’s personal details, the authors affirm privacy as a house standard. They then argue Hinduphobia is real, theological in form…
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the Shah and the Saint
Moderation notice: after a commenter’s jocular threat against another, the authors say the next sanction for BB, under any handle, is a 40-comment fine and a week without authorial and…
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Pakistani Centrists, Not Muslim Extremists
X.T.M sets a moderation standard: Pakistani commenters on the site are centrists, not extremists, and illiberal arguments stay up so long as they stop short of incitement. A Pakistani commenter…
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Kabir, the Anchor of the Crescent
Without Kabir, the Crescent faction disperses. A South Asian forum without a sustained Crescent voice is a drawing room pretending to be a commons. Three rulings on Author autonomy, Founder…
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We Are Now Hitting 200 Comments a Day
X.T.M reports comment volume nearing 200 a day and explains why the site speaks in the plural. A plural voice separates rulings from personal preference, and Precedent posts carry settled…
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Men of State, and the Great Mahatma
X.T.M sets four house positions: Jinnah and Nehru were men of state, judged as builders of states; Gandhi was a man of Dharma, a different category; Ambedkar is a constitutional…