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After reading Chomp's thread and looking throughout this site for something I couldn't find, I wanted to put forth this idea.
How about having a set of guidelines and procedures for moderators in addition to the forum/discussion rules?
You could set up a system that determines what punishments are handed out for what actions. You could have a set of guidlines stating that after a specific number of warnings/usernote (depending on the forum software) a user will be suspended for a predetermined amount of time or something.
You could also set something up where a warning/usernote (depending on the forum software) is considered "expired" or simply gets removed after a period of time.
These are just some idea off the top of my head, but something like that, I think, would give members a better idea of where they stand.
If there is already such a system, I apologize, I'm new, and I looked but I didn't find such a thing so I posted this.
Moderating Procedure Guidelines?
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#2 Posted 07 January 2007 - 05:55 AM
Sounds good to me, but theres probably already something like that...
#4 Posted 07 January 2007 - 06:00 AM
The way I see it. Whoever pays for the site gets to do what they want. If I owned a forum I would abuse my powers what ever way I see fit and you cant do anything about it but leave. And that wouldn't matter to me one bit.
To be a moderater you have to be given the position - so they have to follow the rules given by who ever gave them that position (the owner)
Simply put. You cant do a thing about this, welcome to the totalitarian internet.
To be a moderater you have to be given the position - so they have to follow the rules given by who ever gave them that position (the owner)
Simply put. You cant do a thing about this, welcome to the totalitarian internet.
#6 Posted 07 January 2007 - 06:02 AM
Eric, on Jan 7 2007, 02:00 AM, said:
See? Now this is exactly the stuff that goes unpunished.
Unless he's been lurking here for eternity, HotGore is right.
#7 Posted 07 January 2007 - 06:03 AM
Eric, on Jan 7 2007, 01:00 AM, said:
See? Now this is exactly the stuff that goes unpunished.
And how did he commit any wrongdoing? did he hurt your poor little feelings? did he cause massive amounts of damage to your life? Did you computer EXPLOAD? Are you still breathing? .... so no damage was done was here...
He spoke his mind. Good for HotGore.
we need less weak minded hippys and more strong characters here... its like everybody cries when they experience the slightest bump in the road
Guy 1: WAA he said the color red is better then teh color blue, that starting a fight!
Guy 2: STF noob
Guy 1: WAAA guy 2 hurt my feelings
guy 3: oh noes lets ann panic - we have disorder - call the police! CLOSED!
#8 Posted 07 January 2007 - 06:07 AM
HotGore, on Jan 6 2007, 09:58 PM, said:
Umm 1st thing you should say this in Chomp's thread. Second of all you have 8 posts so you can't judge the mods worth *******.
Yeah, I'm a noob here, but I have been on plenty other gaming forums, huge and small.
I'm not judging anyone at all, I don't know what gave you that impression. I would look like an idiot. lol
I just want to get familiar with how a forum works and what the rules are and such early on.
And certainly this is not about the situation in Chomp's thread, but rather an idea that struck me while reading that thread.
Menace, on Jan 6 2007, 10:00 PM, said:
The way I see it. Whoever pays for the site gets to do what they want. If I owned a forum I would abuse my powers what ever way I see fit and you cant do anything about it but leave. And that wouldn't matter to me one bit.
To be a moderater you have to be given the position - so they have to follow the rules given by who ever gave them that position (the owner)
Simply put. You cant do a thing about this, welcome to the totalitarian internet.
To be a moderater you have to be given the position - so they have to follow the rules given by who ever gave them that position (the owner)
Simply put. You cant do a thing about this, welcome to the totalitarian internet.
Totally correct. I'm just putting forth an idea, the site owner has every right to ban me for even posting this lol, but it doesn't hurt to put up a suggestion or anything.
Once again, I don't mean anyone or any of the mods/staff/admins any disrespect. I'm just put forth a very "rough-draft-like" idea for possible consideration.
#10 Posted 07 January 2007 - 06:26 AM
HotGore, on Jan 6 2007, 10:14 PM, said:
If you wanna know the rules read the TOS. I imagine the rules for the mods are the same for us.
I read this:
http://www.hlfallout.net/comments.php
and this
http://www.ogresnet.com/html/tos.php
but they don't say anything about what punishments get handed our for what, or like how long a warning lasts, or anything.
P.S. So is the owner ogresnet.com ?
#11 Posted 07 January 2007 - 06:27 AM
Magnum, on Jan 7 2007, 06:26 AM, said:
I read this:
http://www.hlfallout.net/comments.php
and this
http://www.ogresnet.com/html/tos.php
but they don't say anything about what punishments get handed our for what, or like how long a warning lasts, or anything.
P.S. So is the owner ogresnet.com ?
http://www.hlfallout.net/comments.php
and this
http://www.ogresnet.com/html/tos.php
but they don't say anything about what punishments get handed our for what, or like how long a warning lasts, or anything.
P.S. So is the owner ogresnet.com ?
No
#12 Posted 07 January 2007 - 06:30 AM
There are way too many variables to consider when handing out 'punishments' ie. individuals past, specific issue or words used, if verbal warnings were issued first etc.
Therefore a set in stone approach to moderating would not work all that well.
Therefore a set in stone approach to moderating would not work all that well.
#13 Posted 07 January 2007 - 06:36 AM
headmonkeys, on Jan 6 2007, 10:30 PM, said:
There are way too many variables to consider when handing out 'punishments' ie. individuals past, specific issue or words used, if verbal warnings were issued first etc.
Therefore a set in stone approach to moderating would not work all that well.
Therefore a set in stone approach to moderating would not work all that well.
Yeah I understand. Like if someone does something really bad in one post and deserves to get suspended or banned or whatever then yeah that makes sense.
But regular stuff like someone flaming in a post and stuff like that, we could have something which says something like "after 2 warnings you get suspended for 1 week" or something like that. And how long an issued warning stays in place and when it gets removed or becomes expired.
#15 Posted 07 January 2007 - 06:39 AM
Magnum, on Jan 7 2007, 05:07 PM, said:
I'm not judging anyone at all, I don't know what gave you that impression. I would look like an idiot. lol
Never mind HotGore - he'll have a go at anyone for anything he can get a grip on. Suggest something? Stupid. Start a new thread? Unnecessary.
Speaking of which I don't know why people complain so much about starting new threads - you're right, this is a different topic to the Chomp Incident so it should be in a different thread (threads are called topic you know)
Though it's kind of dead too.