Community Guidelines



support -- (the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities; ``his support kept the family together"; "they gave him emotional support during difficult times'' )

support, back up -- (give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to; ``She supported him during the illness"; "Her children always backed her up'' )

• sponsor -- (assume responsibility for or leadership of; ``The senator announced that he would sponsor the health care plan'' )
• patronize, patronise, shop, shop at, buy at, frequent, sponsor -- (do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of)
• help, assist, aid -- (give help or assistance; be of service; ``Everyone helped out during the earthquake"; "Can you help me carry this table?"; "She never helps around the house'' )
• promote, advance, boost, further, encourage -- (contribute to the progress or growth of; ``I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom'' )
• undergird -- (lend moral support to)
• second, back, endorse, indorse -- (give support or one's approval to; ``I'll second that motion"; "I can't back this plan"; "endorse a new project''

information -- (knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction)

• cognition, knowledge, noesis -- (the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning)

The noun judgment has 7 senses

• 1. (19) judgment, judgement, mind -- (an opinion formed by judging something; ``he was reluctant to make his judgment known"; "she changed her mind'' )
• 2. (11) judgment, judgement, assessment -- (the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event; ``they criticized my judgment of the contestants'' )
• 3. (4) judgment, judgement, judicial decision -- ((law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it)
• 4. (3) judgment, judgement, judging -- (the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions)
• 5. (1) opinion, legal opinion, judgment, judgement -- (the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision; ``opinions are usually written by a single judge'' )
• 6. (1) judgment, judgement, sound judgment, sound judgement, perspicacity -- (the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions)
• 7. sagacity, sagaciousness, judgment, judgement, discernment -- (the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations)

advice -- (a proposal for an appropriate course of action)

• recommendation -- (something (as a course of action) that is recommended as advisable)
• indication -- (something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary; ``there were indications that it was time to leave'' )
• admonition, monition, warning, word of advice -- (cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness); ``a letter of admonition about the dangers of immorality"; "the warning was to beware of surprises"; "his final word of advice was not to play with matches'' )

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The question presented by sanityseeker is quite a poser. No doubt, I have been in violation of the Community Guidelines on many occasions. Even so, after spending some time sorting through the Guidelines and definitions (arbitrarily selected), I am more comfortable about being in compliance than I originally perceived.

The Guidelines employ "support" and "information" as conditions precedent to posting. We must utilize judgment in deciding how to support and provide information that may include an appropriate course of action (advice).

My view is just that. Others assuredly will have opinions that differ from mine. Even so, the discussion already has served to remind us of our obligation to responsibly post.