Oz ,'Storyteller'
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
We have a system that says misbehavers get a warning letter from the stompies. If we wanted to change the system so that we would no longer have a warning, that would require a vote.
No, actually, it wouldn't. The voting ballot (initiating voting) specifically left out that sort of thing as non-voting items.
What ita and Ple were saying is that there is no standarized wording for a warning at all.
At least that's how I understood it.
What I sent Zoe wasn't a warning. Some of the delay in my sending it was because I didn't know what to write. I made some stuff up, but really, I thought that was what Cindy was composing. Since her text said nothing about the meaning of the warning, and that another warning would result in suspension.
kewpie doll for ita
Thanks ita, that is what I was doing.
What ita and Ple were saying is that there is no standarized wording for a warning at all.
Basically. Boilerplate warning text, she would be helpful. ita hasn't the bandwidth, I suck at drafting such things, and I don't know about the rest of the stompies, but there is probably a combo pack of the above.
I don't think it has to be, or even should be clever (though the clever ones were lovely), because it needs to be clear, concise, and serious over anything else.
It seems to me that when we're at the point of a note from a stompy, the poster in question has probably already heard 500 times from other posters that they're being annoying and, really, please, stop being annoying. The Stompy note should come across as being stronger than that.
I can see both sides on calling it the warning or calling it a pre-warning.
Quick aside -- should BitTorrent be in the FAQ? I know it's a tricky topic because of the legality issues, but it is pretty frequently asked about.
Are we getting away from warning/suspension/banning?
I'm confused. Do we want the only thing from the admins to be the official warning of "don't do this anymore or you'll be suspended." (only you know more polite).
Or are we going to a system of "hey! stop, you have one more chance or then you'll be warned again. After that you'll be suspended."
Quick aside -- should BitTorrent be in the FAQ? I know it's a tricky topic because of the legality issues, but it is pretty frequently asked about.
Probably not, for the legality issues and what not.
I prefer sticking with the warning/suspension/banning system we have, at least until there's a really compelling reason to change it. By the time it gets to a warning, the person has been told in-thread many times to cool it. It's not like it's out of the blue.