Warnings and bans

[Tanya]

September 23rd, 2005

This is how the warning and ban system will work.

Users will be issued warning points for rule violations from 0 to 100.  Any user who accumulates 100 points will be permanently banned.  Warning points will disappear after two years since they were issued.

Bans will start at 30 warning points.

Warning levels:

1. Notification: 1 point.  This warning level is assigned any time a moderator has to take action regarding one of your posts.
   
2. Minor Warning: 5 points.  If a rule violation is minor or a moderator feels like they don't need to issue a full warning.
   
3. Warning: 10 points.  This is the standard warning.  Four warnings will result in bans of increasing duration and 10 warnings will result in a permanent ban.
   
4. Serious Warning: 20 points. 
   
5. Severe Warning: 25 points.  This is the most severe warning.  Having any additional warning or at least five moderator interventions will result in an immediate ban.
   

Penalties for warnings:

1. Up to 29: No penalty other then the warnings on record.
   
2. 30: Two day ban.
   
3. 35: Three day ban.
   
4. 40: Four day ban.
   
5. 50: One week ban.
   
6. 55: Two week ban.
   
7. 60: One month ban.
   
8. 70: Two month ban.
   
9. 80: Three month ban.
   
10. 90: Six month ban.
    
11. 95: One year ban.
    
12. 100: Permanent ban.
    

Automatic bans:

Moderators may ban users automatically without accumulation of warning points under certain conditions.  These bans can be temporary or permanent.

• Bans for users who register accounts just to troll.
  
• Spam accounts
  
• Extremely offensive personal attacks
  
• Posting obscene material
  
• Linking to malware or other illegal sites
  

Permanent or long bans may be issued upon moderator consensus to users who have accumulated at least a 50% warning level.