Mycernius
The Hairy Wookie
- 4 Feb 2005
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This is just a thread to try and ensure that when various discuusions are taking place that we try and remain civil. One way is to avoid several fallacies and to have good practices when posting.
1. The most obvious one is try and keep it civil. name calling is not only rude, but can lead to flame wars and threads being locked down. This is also in Jref rules.
2. Please list sources and articles for any arguments or points. Such things as "my mates best friend told me that x happened" do not give any weight to anything you are trying to say. Links are also good, as it saves space on the thread.
3. Fallacies and straw man arguments: There are planty of various types of fallacies I could go through, but it is easier just to links to this excellent site which lists a great many:
http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/index.html#index
The most common that you will encounter on various forums are: Straw man, Ad hominem, Appeals to Authority and Majority and False Dilemma (also known as a false Dichotomy)
4. Please check your facts before posting. One source is not always realiable. I know many will lionk to Wikipedia, but remember that is made by people like you and I and it does contain many mistakes, errors and personal opinions. Best avoid articles that deal with contentious issues especially dealing with conspiracies or religion.
If anyone has anything else to add, please feel free. afterall I might have missed out some fallacies other good practices.
1. The most obvious one is try and keep it civil. name calling is not only rude, but can lead to flame wars and threads being locked down. This is also in Jref rules.
2. Please list sources and articles for any arguments or points. Such things as "my mates best friend told me that x happened" do not give any weight to anything you are trying to say. Links are also good, as it saves space on the thread.
3. Fallacies and straw man arguments: There are planty of various types of fallacies I could go through, but it is easier just to links to this excellent site which lists a great many:
http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/index.html#index
The most common that you will encounter on various forums are: Straw man, Ad hominem, Appeals to Authority and Majority and False Dilemma (also known as a false Dichotomy)
4. Please check your facts before posting. One source is not always realiable. I know many will lionk to Wikipedia, but remember that is made by people like you and I and it does contain many mistakes, errors and personal opinions. Best avoid articles that deal with contentious issues especially dealing with conspiracies or religion.
If anyone has anything else to add, please feel free. afterall I might have missed out some fallacies other good practices.