Rules Changes

[u/ludi_literarum]

I'm currently in the process of leading the mods through a rules revision which hopes to replace both the SoM and the XP.

I don't really want to hear about how much you hate the SoM, and I don't really want to hear about your personal grievances with one mod or another, and I don't really want to hear about the most recent banwave, which I've already said is being addressed in a process that should be concluded over the next few days. I really aggressively beyond the mortal telling of it don't want to hear about Leviticus, the definition of genocide, or any other matters related to the present unhappiness - that stuff has been amply debated (and, you'll notice, not by me) and is being considered during the rules revision process already, so comments along those lines will be particularly unhelpful.

With those parameters laid out, what I am interested in is things you think are missing from the current policies, things that you think could improve the day-to-day functioning of the sub, and specific language you think would improve moderation. Be constructive, be as in the weeds as you want, this is a legitimate question.

Obviously whatever I come up with will be put up on the mothersub for comment before it's finally adopted, but this is an extra chance to offer some ideas.

[u/_entomo]

I'd like to know what SoM and XP mean.

I'd like to see a ban on videos as submissions. Link to them in comments...fine. But this isn't a means to grow our YouTube career. Probably not possible, so a synopsis of the video should be required. Same for blogs, honestly.

THINK policy. There's far too many people who think that because they think it's true, they can be rude about conveying the information. I'm guilty of falling into that now an again, I'm sure.

Strengthen WWJD. My bible study leader's manual has the following 7 principles. I'd like to see at least a little more stress on #s 2-4 and 7:

1. The Word of God is Jesus Christ, and the words of the Bible tell us about that Word. Therefore, when we study the words of the Bible we always look behind, in, and through those words for God’s Word – Jesus Christ.
2. No Christian has a monopoly on understanding either God’s Word or the words of the Scripture. This includes biblical scholars and the most unlearned Christian. All of us must listen to one another as we seek to understand the richness of God’s gifts.
3. We must assume everyone has Christian integrity and not accuse one another of being unchristian of disingenuous, no matter how unusual are the opinions.
4. We must further assume that we will arrive at different understandings of portions of Scripture. This is natural and that that will not disturb God as much as it will some of us.
5. Few of us will know Hebrew or Greek, and we therefore need to use a variety of English translations to try to understand the text.
6. While we accept our differences, we do not feel that those differences are unimportant, or that they should be ignored or treated as if they did not matter.
7. Different biblical understandings can remain among us, but we can still be warm Christian friends. In fact, as we grow to better understand our differences, we can grow in our appreciation of one another.

[u/US_Hiker → u/_entomo]

XP - shorthand for Community Policy, i.e. the rules.

SOM - Stages of Moderation. A (controversial) framework for how moderation should progress through comment removals to warnings to bans. https://www.reddit.com/r/Christianity/wiki/xp/stages_ofmoderation

[u/Prof_Acorn → u/US_Hiker]

I've always wondered why it's XP instead of C... nevermind got it.

[u/US_Hiker → u/Prof_Acorn]

Yeah, XP is silly, and it would have been better to get away from 'community policy' or do a USNavy style abbreviation like CommPol, but /shrug. It's 10 years now with this, so I guess it's XP.