For those of you who missed it: We changed rule #5 (about duplicates)

[Skinner]

From some of the comments, I get the sense that some people don't realize that we changed rule #5 (the duplicates rule) when we posted the rules. The new version is narrowly targeted to a particular problem, and it's much less onerous. Here's the text:

5. You may not start a new discussion thread in order to continue a current or recent flame war from another thread. The moderators have the authority to lock threads in order to contain flaming on a particular topic to only one thread at a time.

For an explanation, look at this thread:

A few words about the new rules for starting threads in the GD forum.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=463597&mesg_id=463597

Skinner
DU Admin