Bias

[dungrollin]

Does anybody else find themselves biased against certain posters?  
I'm trying ever so hard not to be, but it's turning out to be more 
difficult than I imagined.  It's got nothing to do with the opinions 
or arguments in the posts, it's more to do with style. I'm ending up 
coding a lot of posts from one person in particular to FAQ/adds 
nothing new, because (although they're not FAQs) they're mostly 
opinions (occasionally wild speculation) with no canon, and although 
they may be phrased differently to previous posts in the thread 
they... well, they don't add much, and wouldn't really help
anybody searching for something useful. Or rather, they wouldn't 
help me if I were looking for something useful (but then I'd pass 
over all posts by this particular poster anyway). 

I think I'm being fair in the context of individual posts, but
I'm a little concerned that I'm being unfair in a more general way, 
(I only suspect this bias because I find myself muttering under my 
breath every time I come across this person's posts) and it's 
possible that I'm overlooking significant points that they do
make simply because the majority of what's written are opinions
that have (surely) previously been expressed.  But is it worth 
coding a post if there's only one decent sentence in it?  The 
alternative in this particular case would (I think) generally 
be 'predictions, no canon' (since there's no 'opinions, no canon' 
category).  Does anyone else find themselves biased against a 
particular person or style of post, and if so, how do you make sure 
you're being fair?  

While I'm at it - the distinction between 'mere agreement' and
'adds nothing new' has got me a mite confused.  And do we code 'mere 
disagreement' under the former or the latter? Or, since they're all 
being rejected anyway, does it not matter?

Dot
Argh – two very small children in the house so been up since 5.  
Unfortunately they're related to me so I can't demand they be 
removed.