Why can't I rep AngellicDeity?

[O-mie]

I'm kind of confused about something. From what I read, she was mentioning a person's name and what they did. The whole anonymity thing I don't quite understand.

I know its against the rules to target an individual with flames, but should that also be applied to stating a fact about an individual? It seems you can say "So and so is really nice in pvp" but if you say "So and so is really mean in pvp" you break rules, and recieve an infraction or slap on the wrist for flaming or flame-baiting.

Now, while I don't condone people singling others out negativly, if a person in-game is notorious for their wrong-doings, be it scamming people, harassing them in pvp or through guildwar, or just being generally not veyr nice people...don't the other players deserve to know this? Perhaps it might save them from risking an item, or being harassed, etc.

You might think, well, that's giving a person a bad reputation if you let the public know about their ways.

HOWEVER.

Respect, as well as reputation, is something you must earn and work to keep. If they do not want people to tell others of their wrong-doings, they should not do those wrong-doings.

And to me, and a lot of other people, simply stating a fact about somebody - whether it be polishing their shine or showing their grime, a fact is not a flame, is not a harassment, is not an insult, nor derogative jab. It is simply fact.

Also like, I know in guild forums, people are free to discuss who are bad people, and they give names, so does that rule not apply there? If you think about it, if you're going to make such a rule, it should apply to all areas of the forum, the same as if you are allowing one part of the forum to dismiss this rule. It should either be global, or not, and I personally don't see a need for it, as like I said, there is a far, far differene between stating a fact about a person, and flaming or harassing them.

Sorry for the wall of text, lol. I'm just trying to pick apart what I know of this rule. =P