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>No... the MVP is an award for numerous and accurate - (although it can be debated how much accurate means anymore judging by some of the MVP's we have today) in online communities....
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>Tell me Jess, even if the general perception of a post was rude, and the MVP gave some solid technical advice, would you NOT use the advice because of the rudeness???? Somewho, I don't think so.....
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>Lets be clear here.... me being an MVP does not carry some special responsbility that I have to be civil all the time. This bull shit about "not befitting your MVP status" is nonesense. I think Walter Meester is one that is fond of that phrase. No, my responsibility is to be technically accurate, and to correct obvious technical inaccuracies I find. Folks on the whole, appeciate the fact that I and others do this....MVP's should be held to a higher technical standard... that is it....
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>If anybody would care to debate me on this...please..... step up to the plate...

John,

You sound like Charles Barkley - "I'm not a role model...." :)

Seriously though, I won't debate the "Civil MVP" thing, but I certainly question the purpose of being a Dick while posting accurate technical advice. Now, I'm no technical expert, but over the years I have grasped some basics in communication. I've noticed that people tend to listen better when they are not pissed off and on the defensive. So, if I tell somone that VB is a good tool for some things and I give them solid facts, that tends to work better than saying "HEY MORON, VB is a solid tool!"

So, although I'm not saying that an MVP can't be a Dick, I am saying that they would be more effective if they weren't.

Am I making any sense?