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Title: Thesis: The Role of Detection in Rule Enforcement
Post by: Montola on November 04, 2005, 09:52:25 AM
From Role-playing in academia (http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17400.0) thread.

I didn't this thesis useful.

A review in my reading diary. (http://www.iki.fi/montola/book.html#cantine)


Best,

- Markus

PS. When was it published?
Title: Re: Thesis: The Role of Detection in Rule Enforcement
Post by: Montola on November 04, 2005, 10:46:04 AM
((Hmmm... yet again I notice that my terse expression makes a rude impression above. Well, as I can't edit it afterwards, I can just pre-emptively refer to the charitable reading, saying that I didn't intend to be rude here.))


- Markus

(PS. Why on earth is editing disabled? It's a standard feature in BBS discussion.)
Title: Re: Thesis: The Role of Detection in Rule Enforcement
Post by: Blankshield on November 04, 2005, 03:26:52 PM
I don't bump into Tom a whole lot these days - our schedules rarely mesh, so I haven't had a chance to ask him when he wrote this.  Safe to say, however, that it's at least a decade old. 

thanks,

James

Title: Re: Thesis: The Role of Detection in Rule Enforcement
Post by: Bankuei on November 04, 2005, 07:17:32 PM
Hi Markus,

Editing is disabled on the Forge for two reasons.

1) There's been a case or two where someone has gone back and edited their posts to make themselves look better (in the petty argument sense)... even long after the conversation has ended.

2) No editing encourages people to think first, and look over their posts before just firing them off.

Chris
Title: Re: Thesis: The Role of Detection in Rule Enforcement
Post by: Vaxalon on November 04, 2005, 09:02:21 PM
It  encourages in the sense of punishing those who don't.
Title: Re: Thesis: The Role of Detection in Rule Enforcement
Post by: Stefan / 1of3 on November 12, 2005, 06:27:45 AM
It probably punishes those who are supposed to read it in the end, as well.