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Topic!Cindy - Apr 22, 2004 10:05:12 am PDT #7271 of 10000
What is even happening?

Our disciplinary procedures (per DX's much better than my memory, in bureau) are

1) Try to work it out (which can including dropping it)

2) Warn

3) Suspend

4) Ban


Gus - Apr 22, 2004 10:29:34 am PDT #7272 of 10000
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.

Ah. My take would then be that the "Warned" level has some room for whimsy, which in itself might Doblerize. The "Suspended" notice would be as close to brutal as we wish to get. A notification of "Banned" wouldn't actually appear anywhere.


Jon B. - Apr 22, 2004 10:35:41 am PDT #7273 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

A warning is pretty serious, IMO. In past instances, it has come only after much attempted Doblerization has already occurred. Therefore, I don't think different graphics are appropriate.


DXMachina - Apr 22, 2004 10:39:21 am PDT #7274 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Right. A warning isn't supposed to be funny. You only get one before you get suspended. It's "stop right now, or else."


Beverly - Apr 22, 2004 10:50:45 am PDT #7275 of 10000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

Well then, wouldn't a lighthearted cartoony "Stompy Foot" stamp or logo be the way to go? Because if it's an in-thread warning, it needs to get attention, but not be all grrr arrrgh. If it's a suspension or a notice of being banned, that would be given privately in email anyway, so there'd be no need for a more serious Stompy Stamp. Right? Or did I miss something?


Beverly - Apr 22, 2004 10:51:36 am PDT #7276 of 10000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

You only get one before you get suspended. It's "stop right now, or else."

Okay. I misunderstood. Forget my previous post, please.


Gus - Apr 22, 2004 12:14:34 pm PDT #7277 of 10000
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.

OK, all the attempts at Doblerizing have gone before, in the "work it out" phase. If that is the case, then more stern rather than less -- less whimsy, that is. I'll try some degrees of stern then. I don't think any of the current crop are particulalry stern.


Beverly - Apr 22, 2004 12:19:57 pm PDT #7278 of 10000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

Quicksand warning? Quagmire, from which it is rapidly becoming more difficult to extricate yourself? Warning: Danger Will Robinson.


Gus - Apr 22, 2004 3:32:15 pm PDT #7279 of 10000
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.

I added a stern item (#6). link


PenDuffy - Apr 22, 2004 4:11:19 pm PDT #7280 of 10000
I need a new tagline.. submissions are accepted.

I really like 1b and 6. (just had to chime in, they all look good)