Speak Softly and Carry a Big Whoop.
Hee! I like that.
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
Speak Softly and Carry a Big Whoop.
Hee! I like that.
Speak Softly and Carry a Big Whoop
BWAH!
Don't leave, amych! It makes me sad that you don't know the song, too! It's not like I'm mortally offended or anything.
My opinions on bitterchick's questions:
What behavior do we consider deserving of a warning?
The obvious ones: intentional privacy violations, threats to other posters, crimes (e.g., scamming us out of money) against the board. Actually, those are probably all more ban-immedaitely than warn, but YKWIM.
The less-obvious judgment calls: Harassment of other posters. I don't want this to include simple one-time namecalling in a heated discussion -- it would have to be something that was clearly meant to offend and done with a (relatively) cool head.
Also, repeated nose-thumbing at our spoiler and natter-deletion policies, defined as X offenses over Y amount of time. On this one, I'd be inclined to let a lot slide -- it's more to make sure people are aware when they have a problem.
What constitutes a warning?
I would say a post in the relevant thread bearing a Stompy logo, copied into an email. This should include in invitation to talk about it in bureaucracy.
How do we notify party of said warning?
By email and in the thread where the offense was committed.
How much time do we give a warned poster before moving onto the suspension phase?
Until their next offense, I thought. I'm not clear what this question means.
How do we handle a poster that has been warned but feels it unfair or unjustified? Is there an appeals procedure?
I think there should be one, yes -- maybe the warned poster could discuss it in bureaucracy, and there could be a vote on it? I worry this could be divisive, so perhaps a closed-door hearing might be appropriate in some cases.
Oh yeah, fourthly and fifthly (sounding more and more like whatshisname from Twelfth Night):
Whip it, Whip it Good
Let's waste time with a lively debate.
I like this.
I dislike Big Whoop and Dead Horse because I'd rather not have a thread title that makes fun of the thread itself, if it's supposed to be a place where our big decisions as a community are made. But that may be my issues talking.
Edited: Yeah, I know the "waste time" quote is also self-depreciating, but it feels different somehow. Plus, it makes it clear what we're doing within the thread, which Big Whoop doesn't.
How about Town Hall?
Oh-- I like Jess's too!
BGA (like SGA), Buffista Government Association
a post in the relevant thread bearing a Stompy logo
This was discussed a while ago. It would need a change to board code so that stompies were able to post images, or that a post so tagged had a Stompy Seal on it somewhere.
I think it would have quite a visual impact, as this place is generally sparse-looking and low on images. (Which is a Good Thing, of course).