New Policy - RE: disciplinary action

**MikeMcD** · 10-08-2007, 02:42 PM

As has been well established and documented, I am not a big fan of perma banning the member base except in the most extreme cases.

That said, I am not giving any green lights on anarchy in the streets.

If you act like a miscreant or do something bad, you can expect me to -or one of the mod team - to give you a warning via PM system. If the warning proves ineffective, you could be looking at a ban situation.

While I won't generally perma ban members, I will temp ban. If you become a chronic headache for me, you will also find yourself a member of my brand new usergroup called 'Probates'.

Probates are not allowed sigs and may find themselves unable to access certain threads/forums or features of the site. More importantly, Probate's posts will not go live without their comment being approved by admin or a moderator.

Moral of the story is - don't be a pain in my butt and I won't have to return the favor. If you are asked to tone it down or chill a bit in a thread, it would be wise to do so.

I believe you will notice - if you haven't already - that I am a pretty easy going admin and a bit more liberal in my views of what is and isn't appropriate than what you may have been used to in the past. That said, there are lines you can't cross. So, if you are asked to take it down a notch or two... please do and we won't have any issues whatsoever.

Ντεϊβιντ · 10-08-2007, 02:44 PM

Awesome.

Manukey · 10-08-2007, 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeMcD

Probates are not allowed sigs and may find themselves unable to access certain threads/forums or features of the site. More importantly, Probate's posts will not go live without their comment being approved by admin or a moderator.

Moral of the story is - don't be a pain in my butt and I won't have to return the favor. If you are asked to tone it down or chill a bit in a thread, it would be wise to do so.

Nice punishment.

Swampy · 10-08-2007, 02:47 PM

probates sounds like a good plan to me.

would it be a temporary thing or perma probate?

**MikeMcD** · 10-08-2007, 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swampy

probates sounds like a good plan to me.

would it be a temporary thing or perma probate?

Temporary. assuming things improved of course.

Martino · 10-08-2007, 03:02 PM

Thats a brilliant idea! What kind of time span will members be looking at if they're put into the group. I'm assuming, much longer than the average "1 week ban".

Mike · 10-08-2007, 03:06 PM

Wow. That is amazing. Didn't even know something like that existed. Another great addition/rule McD!

**MikeMcD** · 10-08-2007, 03:09 PM

I will be installing a smith warning system which assigns number values to infractions. Different infractions are worth more or less points and they 'stick' on you longer or shorter time periods.

That sounds confusing..

For example:

Say you post a porn link. I might give porn links an infraction value of 10 and say they last for 2 weeks. after the 2 weeks are up, that infraction is cleared.

If your infraction total adds up to say... 20 (or something) and we have the max at 20, you will move into the probates group automatically until your points 'wear off'.

Make sense?