Thread:HMcCoy/@comment-25199687-20140722110105/@comment-24808864-20140725174318

Noeinstein might not have been aware of this "rule" that we have only for our wiki.

Some users wish to have conversations that are not wiki related sometimes, and there was a problem with people jumping into threads and interrupting otherwise civil conversations. Therefore a rule was set up to help "keep the peace."

If a user labels a thread as private, then it is intended only for the person who wrote it and the person whose wall it is on.

There is not a way to make things truly private, so we trust that others will respect the wishes of the person that posted a thread as private. Personally, I do not see a reason for something like this, I have said before, this doesn't seem relevant on an education based wiki. But, it has made things much more calm over the last 1.5 months as users have generally respected the rule.

As an admin, I believe in transparency, therefore I will never label my threads as private ever. Also, I read every thread also, just to assess the feeling of the wiki, and you can too, but please do not respond to threads with "private" unless you are invited.