Board Thread:The Panopticon/@comment-5791028-20160709210916/@comment-1432718-20160713142811

The policy is very clear that no personal attacks are allowed against contributors. That is all that can be enforced by the policy.

The thing is, are the IP user's comments against Dicks a personal attack? Not necessarily, because as far as he knows, he's making a general comment of his opinion, not attacking someone who is reading his posts. It is a fact of life that famous people get criticized or made fun of by those who don't agree with their writing, acting, personal beliefs, politics (and the list goes on and on).

Does there need to be a policy about these kinds of comments? That's something that could be discussed, but I can't predict how that discussion would end up.

One thing that is very clear by policy is that we do not derail discussions by off-topic messages. If you have a problem with someone's comments about a member of the production team, it's better to address that on their user talk page.