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Syla5 said:
My point was merely that i breached a rule, but the punishement superceeded the offence, quite significantly. Its like giving someone a life sentence for doing 34mph in a 30.
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Yeah but the police can give you a fine, they can also give you a warning but you've got no guarantee of it, depends on the man on the day. I guess a 2 day sus is our equivilant of a fine and 3 points.

I cant take anything away from the mods, someones got to do the job, for free as well, but i have found in life that sometimes a little polite decorum goes a long way.
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As Zefan says it comes down to consistency and just like the kindly plod who let you off for having a bad day some mods will just edit it while others will sus. I'm not sure we know what infractions are for, some use them for one thing, others for something else and some not at all. Personally I just edit and if I use them at all I use infractions to send a message (pms would cause less friction for that, but they're disabled). I'm not the most active moderator though I'll admit :)
 
Syla5 said:
No i thought i had complied and didnt realise that partial starring out wasnt enough, as i pointed out totally my fault.

However the auto censor covers up a multitude of other sinners without them realising, so surely my clear attempt to not offend on a higher level by at least doing something actively should count towards something?
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Mason- said:
It's irrelevant.

It doesn't matter if you're bumping up a thread in the MM or not starring out a sweary. A first offense, for something so trivial, should not be a suspension.

The OP understands the rules. It's quite obvious from his second post. He doesn't understand why he was suspended for one offense.
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First off, I agree with both of you. I think a suspension was a bit harsh for a first offense, given that he DID attempt to star out the word and his intentions were good. I've already said as much several times. An infraction would have made him aware, and perhaps motivated him to re-read the FAQ to refresh himself on the other rules.

However, he clearly did NOT understand the rule, as he states he wasn't aware of the fully starring out swearing rule. It's hard to miss with all the yellow text where it has been edited out of posts and reminding the poster to fully star out swearies, and it's in the FAQ, so someone with over 1000 posts should know it by now.

Telescopi was explaining WHY it has to be fully starred out so the OP would understand its existence better.
 
I'm banned from using certain words, but the Mods seem quite happy to let others use the exact same words in the exact same situations. What I want to know is.. Can I just quote the word when someone else has used it without any action? What would happen then? :p

I'm not arguing with the moderation, I'm sure it's a frustrating and thankless job, but I'm really a bit confused with the consistency of it is all :) I wanted to reply to the last PM I got, but there appears to be no way of actually replying to a PM...
 
Doofer most of us have our email in Trust or it's in the FAQ to contact us. It's only because you were posting the same thing over and over and again!

O and nice one Andy!
 
Maccy said:
If you'd bothered to read the FAQ then you wouldn't be in this predicament ;)

O and calling a mod a tool? Nice going, I think a 7 day holiday would be suitable...
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:eek: Oh you! Power crazed mods ahoy :p

I understand the OP's point, as I didn't fully star out a swear word which a mod amended and then I got an infraction. I knew the rules though but the discussion was on something being a swear word so needed to point out what the swear word was. I ran the risk of posting it though and got caught. If the OP only did the same seems harsh to be suspended however the sun still rises and the globe still spins so not really the end of the world.

To be honest though, who hasn't been suspended at one time or another though lol.
 
doofer said:
I'm not arguing with the moderation, I'm sure it's a frustrating and thankless job, but I'm really a bit confused with the consistency of it is all :) I wanted to reply to the last PM I got, but there appears to be no way of actually replying to a PM...
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I didn't even know you could read a pm :)

Consistency is hard, it's a nightmare to even decide what a swear word.
 
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