SkipMagic warned me in this thread. What does this mean? Am I a marked man? Is it like double-secret-probation? I don’t see anything about warnings in the rules and regs.
Does it just mean that I’ve pissed off a Mod, and they’ll launch me if they get the chance?
BINGO
You miss the point, which is probably how you got to this place to begin with.
Skip is trying to get your attention, trying to get you to do right. Read what he said to you and grok it. Then go forth and sin no more. That’s what the great majority of people do n this situation.
To be specific, he’s telling you if you suspect someone you encounter on the board is trolling, don’t accuse them of it publicly or call them out or point and call names . . . report the offending post to the moderator(s) of that forum. Let them handle it, that’s their job.
You are being corrected but it does not have a listing on your permanent record lodged against you.
It only becomes A Bigger Issue when you disregard the advice you get and continue in the same fashion. Then it does get to be a Warning. Collect some of those and you get to go away, with no parting gifts.
Clear?
TubaDiva
Indeed. I’ve never been “in trouble” here. I don’t know what to think about this.
Jeez, Mom. I’m sorry. OKAY?!? 
It looks to me like Winston broke a well-defined rule which says not to accuse anyone of being a troll. It’s not as if he randomly pissed off a passing moderator.
I imagine this means he will be under closer scrutiny for awhile, and a further transgression could result in more severe sanctions.
Three warnings, a caution, and a chastisement in a single post. That has to be some sort of record.
There’s a rule about that?!? :smack:
RTFM, dude. Always check the FAQs.
Besides, you don’t know warned until you’ve gotten Tubadiva royally pissed at you. I think my testicles took a week to crawl back out after that little incident. 
Which now you know. 
I think you just posted that and back-dated it to make me look bad.
It’s a conspiracy, isn’t it? :dubious:
Winston, sweetie, you’re a good egg. I like ya. Please let it go & keep your nose clean from now on, ‘kay? Wouldn’t want to see ya get “disappeared.” Just sayin’.
Actually, in his case they’ll put him in a cage with RATS! :eek:
he-he. :eek: indeed.
I misread and misspoke.
Winston was formally warned. What does this mean?
It means we made a note as to this event and the behavior and marked it down.
If Winston never violates forum rules again, it’s not an issue. If he persists in playing the fool, if it’s part of an overall pattern of systemic bad behavior, then we are compelled towards a higher level of enforcement.
We’d prefer not to go there, but sometimes people take us there Actions do have consequences.
If you’re considerate of your fellow community members and post within the rules, it’s never an issue. If you choose not to do that, then there will be some negative outcomes.
TubaDiva
Thanks, Tuba. I am shamed.
I also once used the forbidden word back when I was a newbie, and got warned about it. Personally, I can’t see what’s so bad about that word. But TPTB have a rule about it, and I follow the rules.
As with most rules, this arose out of experience. We used to see thread after thread get bogged down in endless exchanges with charges and counter-charges of trolling, decorated with disingenuous “Who, me?” posts from actual trolls and angry semantic fights over what constituted actual trolling among otherwise sane posters. It got to the point where the simple hurling of the word “troll” (or the plaintive posting of “DNFTT”) into a thread was enough to utterly destroy a thread–in every Forum on the SDMB.
As a result, we removed any such accusations from polite discourse on the SDMB. If one suspects actual trolling, one is encouraged to report the offender to the staff, but we seriously frown on introducing a guaranteed hijack word to threads.
I know your joking on this point. I think you are a good poster and humorous poster. (I like humorous posters). **But ** according to your join date you have been here a long time, a lot longer than me. I have noticed you are strangely ignorant of many board rules and conventions.
Take some time over the next week and browse the board rules and each Forum’s Sticky. It is helpful and worth it.
Jim