26. Local thread rules, if stated properly when the thread was started, specific enough and don't conflict with the forum rules, have to be followed.
Can we stop with the local thread rule bullshit on Meta?
What is '
making it personal'? Can you rigorously define that?
If your post, in response to a false allegation, is: "Your claims are unsubstantiated. There is a lack of sufficient evidence to reach the conclusion." then I do not see why it would be off-topic
at all. Do you have an example of one such response that was deleted?
If a "local rule" is added after the thread is created, it is not in effect.
If a "local rule" states that user
A cannot post in the thread, then user
A should not post in the thread. Regardless of how unfair the rule is, it is at the moderator's discretion for enforcement and if I were
A then I would stay on the side of caution. Create a new thread in response.