7 day ban and infranaction harsh

Dymo

The thread
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=69890121#post69890121

I saw this post for which the poster got a 7 day ban

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=69887820&postcount=82

And I replyed that it was "bit bloody harsh" and I got a 7 day ban for my comment and an infraction.

I still think the original posters banning was very harsh and when I see things like that I comment on them. I wasn't commenting on the moderator but the rules on the forum and the way they were interpreted I think a warning would of sufficed. My subsequent post was thanked by a number of people which lead to it being deleted.

My appeal is over the banning and the length of it. I have been in contact with the mod and told "I am not reducing the 7 day ban."

Moderator: Thaedydal

Nevyn

It's been 5 days and there hasn't been a cmod reply to this and the ban is up in two days,
has it been forgotten about?

Scofflaw

No, I've just had toothache since Friday morning...

Dymo wrote:

I still think the original posters banning was very harsh and when I see things like that I comment on them. I wasn't commenting on the moderator but the rules on the forum and the way they were interpreted I think a warning would of sufficed.

Not really, since you were in fact commenting on the mod's action on thread, something which will get you an infraction and ban in any forum. If you feel the rules of the forum are wrong, then the appropriate place for that discussion is in Feedback.

I appreciate that often seems as if it's just a way for mods to quash dissent about their actions, but there are channels provided, and they're provided because discussion of mod actions on thread, if allowed, means that moderation drags threads off topic, which is not the idea.

There isn't, therefore, much I can do about this one.

cordially,
Scofflaw

r3nu4l

Just in case Admin input is required by the OP.

I agree with the mod decision and the CMod arbitration. PI is 'harshly' modded because it has to be.

Questioning mod action is always a bannable offence on any forum on boards.ie. No problem here with the infraction either. It expires in 10 days anyway. Just take it on the chin, learn from it and move on

Dymo

r3nu4l wrote: »

Just in case Admin input is required by the OP.

No problem here with the infraction either. It expires in 10 days anyway. Just take it on the chin, learn from it and move on

First off when was the ban increased from 7 days to 14 days, and I wasn't questioning the mods actions I was making a comment in the thread, my own opinion.

Honestly whats the point in making a dispute resolution thread and get not reply for 5 days then Thaedydal bumps the thread and I get an extra 7 days ban without even posting again. Was the thread just bumped to add on to the ban?

smiley face to you too.

Scofflaw

Dymo wrote: »

First off when was the ban increased from 7 days to 14 days, and I wasn't questioning the mods actions I was making a comment in the thread, my own opinion.

It is only a seven day ban, and should expire tomorrow. The ban has not been increased.

Commenting 'bit bloody harsh' on a mod action is rather definitely questioning the mod's actions, but whether you're offering your own opinion on moderation in thread, making a comment on moderation in thread, questioning the mod's decision, or celebrating the mod's decision - it's all the same thing. You don't discuss moderation on thread - and that word 'discuss' should be taken to include commenting on, commenting about, offering an opinion on, questioning, challenging, celebrating, and basically any other post offering any thoughts that relate to a moderator decision on the thread. If you have a comment to make, an opinion to offer, or thoughts to share on any moderator action, you PM the mod or Cmod, or you go through Feedback/DR - or you get a ban/infraction.

Dymo wrote: »

Honestly whats the point in making a dispute resolution thread and get not reply for 5 days then Thaedydal bumps the thread and I get an extra 7 days ban without even posting again. Was the thread just bumped to add on to the ban?

smiley face to you too.

I did look at it when it first came up, but didn't think there was going to be anything I could do for you in this instance, so I was happy to leave it for one of the other CMods if they felt they could. Thaedydal bumped it when none of the other CMods had said anything either, so out of courtesy I made the same point I could have made five days ago.

moderately,
Scofflaw

r3nu4l

Dymo wrote: »

First off when was the ban increased from 7 days to 14 days, and I wasn't questioning the mods actions I was making a comment in the thread, my own opinion.

Honestly whats the point in making a dispute resolution thread and get not reply for 5 days then Thaedydal bumps the thread and I get an extra 7 days ban without even posting again. Was the thread just bumped to add on to the ban?

smiley face to you too.

Think you got the wrong end of the stick there Dymo.
The ban wasn't extended.
Smiley face etc.

Scofflaw

r3nu4l wrote: »

Think you got the wrong end of the stick there Dymo.
The ban wasn't extended.
Smiley face etc.

To clarify the confusion there - the infraction expires in 10 days.

cordially,
Scofflaw