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Suggestion: Ban-rationale thread
« on: August 29, 2011, 11:23:32 PM »
Just what it says in the title. It's been a noticeable pattern around here that someone will wind up banned (temporarily or not) and their friends and supporters will spawn a thread or two complaining about it and demanding to know the reason. This is pretty understandable, as the mods make a habit of deleting ban-inducing posts and thus the whole thing seems shady and arbitrary even when there's a good reason for it.

Therefore, I suggest that a thread be created in which moderators are required to explain the terms of and reasons behind bannings. I've seen this on several other forums, and it does wonders to improve member-moderator relations (and cuts down on the number of "why was x banned!?" threads, to boot.) Keeps the members placated and the mods accountable. I think it's just the thing for amiga.org, on those occasions when a ban is merited.
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Re: Suggestion: Ban-rationale thread
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2011, 11:39:08 PM »
Maybe, but with a thread like this it would no longer be necessary.
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Re: Suggestion: Ban-rationale thread
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2011, 06:02:55 AM »
*shakes head*
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