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Originally Posted by jalfrezi
How many times will a poster be allowed to ignore the rules regarding citing sources correctly and not deliberately misinterpreting data to suit his agenda?
General question lol.
Thanks for bringing it here rather than in the thread. Until we have the moderated moderation thread this is the best place to discuss this. I'm trying to avoid being overzealous both about being PC and keeping threads on content until people are used to it not being unchained anymore but even so, after a ruling has been made, the people involved can expect no more than an occasional reminder before action follows.
The rules about data/graphs/reports/etc only applies when it's a PC concern. When it applies, it's permissible to post or link data/etc from acceptable sites as long as it's clearly sourced. What isn't allowed is nonPC statements that claim to follow from the data/etc, or non PC selective editing/ cherry picking of those data/etc. For example and as explained in the Islam thread - it is acceptable to post the pew poll but it's not acceptable to speak for all Muslims or some %age of all Muslims.
If it happens and I haven't dealt with it yet then being it up here (in the moderated moderation thread when we get one) and/or feel free to report it if you think it warrants it.