Suggestion : Permban by Votes and comments on moderation

Guybrush · 02-08-2012, 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

I'm not really sure what you're getting at in regards to having a vote for permabans.

You yourself know that permabans are not dished out lightly and are only given out after a lot of discussion between the mods has happened already. In some cases pages of it until a final agreement is made.

I don't really see how adding a Yes/No poll will change anything or be of any help.

It will formalize the proceedings a bit and make it much easier to go back and have a look at the circumstances concerning any past banned members case. Regular members will have a general guarantee that when a member they appreciate is banned from the site, it's not simply because moderator X had a bad day. Moderators who would disagree with the ban have a very real way of influencing the banning of a member through a vote. The chances they will log on some day and find a member permabanned without them being included in the process is much smaller.

I am not suggesting this is done for every ban out there (spammers and such). Perhaps being treated this way should be a privilege for members with a 100 posts or more post count.

edit :

I agree that permabans are generally discussed, but not always. The scenario I mentioned where moderators wittingly or unwittingly baits members into replying to the mod in an offensive manner is a typical situation which can lead to a permban without other mods having a say.