[Quix]

As you have wisely, reasonably and skillfully demonstrated, such rules are manageable and fittingly applied evenhandedly.

You have somehow—obviously by Holy Spirit, imho, managed to be a good disciplinarian without losing the human heart and moderately flexible practicality lots of authorities never seem to get the hang of.

I suspect that SOME of the MarkBsnr Capitalizing violations may have happened by too quick a typing and no proof reading. Nevertheless, it’s fitting to apply the rule across the board to that kind of thing.

And the business about thin skinned folks being the disrupters on the open threads is, again, exceedingly sensible and practical.

OF COURSE there will always be folks who NEED to !!!!CONTROL!!!! others

per THEIR sensibilities, priorities and values regardless of who’s turf it is and regardless of who’s in charge. That you manage those aspects of herding all us cats—that you manage those aspects well is probably a miracle day in and day out. Not for your paucity of skills but for our abundance of orneriness.

[MarkBsnr]

I suspect that SOME of the MarkBsnr Capitalizing violations may have happened by too quick a typing and no proof reading. Nevertheless, it’s fitting to apply the rule across the board to that kind of thing.

And perhaps not. You speak of control and sensabilities. May I ask if I have ever posted about, say, Pentecostals, without capitalizing the name? Or Reformed? Or Protestant? Have I ever posted a perjorative term in place of their name? With the exception of Episcopagan, I must admit to that. I'm not sure that I am over the top in askng for appropriate decorum as opposed to being too thin skinned.

[metmom]

I suspect that SOME of the MarkBsnr Capitalizing violations may have happened by too quick a typing and no proof reading.

That was my thought as well. Happens to me all the time and I don't always proofread as well as I should. Usually I catch them but not always.