Believe it or not, this is probably one of the most important threads on this forum.
Full Disclosure: I'm guilty of only 18 of the 15 Rules, but not on purpose or by some else's agenda, just by my stupidity and recently converted belief system.
TECSHARE, you did omit quoting the most important aspect of that article of which I will now do the honor:
Postscript: Over a number of years, we’ve found that the most effective way to fight disruption and disinformation is to link to a post such as this one which rounds up disruption techniques, and then to cite the disinfo technique you think is being used.
Specifically, we’ve found the following format to be highly effective in educating people in a non-confrontational manner about what the disrupting person is doing:
Good Number 1!
Or:
Thanks for that textbook example of Number 7!
(include the link so people can see what you’re referring to.)
I suggest we start using the above, even tagging me with any rule when it applies.
~Bruno~