Still like four best, but I like six too. The stamp - for some reason it looks more to me like a 'seal of approval' stamp than a 'stop that right now.' I know that in context it'll be clear, but the image itself isn't, I don't know, threatening enough for me.
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I just realized that the word "warning" is unclear since the image would be used for all three steps of Warning/Suspension/Banning. I still like 2a but how about replacing "Official Stompy Warning" with "Official Stompy Action"?
So far it looks like just for the warning, Jesse. Regularly stompy posts happen (or can happen) under the admin id, so there's some attention-getting just by that fact, I presume.
All we're really looking for is a simple way to let the person getting the warning know that it's official, and the person issuing it has the authority to do it.
I like the idea of 6, but I'm not sure about the "this is a final warning" text. I'd think that that would be in the text of the post. Maybe something like that, but without that text, for a warning, and then similar things that said "Suspension" and "Banning" in the Buffy font for those. (Are suspensions and bannings reported in-thread like that? I can't remember what was decided there.)
2c looks effective to me, with the official looking stompy stamp and "Warning" very clearly and separately stated in distinctive font.
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oooh 6b, choose 6b.
I still see "endorsement" with the round stamps, even with the warning wording.
6b is very clear, non-silly, STOP NOW.
I like 2c best.
We should probably get to a poll/vote, with a "no preference" and "none of the above" option.