How does one find out how many Mod Warnings he's had?

[Aldebaran]

World Eater, I wondered about that too…

On the other hand, when you tend to take GD as your home the risks for crossing some board rule (at any given moment) are far much greater then when you reside in Cafe Society

In my opinion that should also be taken in consideration. Not all members get involved in heated GD debates. I am all for giving rewards to those who on a regular base risk their sanity overthere

Salaam. A

[Edward_The_Head]

What happens when a mod screws up and blames me for something someone else does? That happened to me a couple of years ago, old Clogboy said I souldn’t say something and I hadn’t even said it! I can see it now, Eddie, you’re gone! :eek:

[htns]

@Lynn Bodoni

Warnings tend to lessen over time, and someone who has had a warning for a mild offense a long time ago is not really in danger of getting banned for committing another mild offense. Almost all warnings are made on the message board, in the thread where the offense occurred. This is done partly so that others can see what someone has done wrong (and hopefully learn from it) and partly because a lot of y’all don’t keep a valid, current email address, even though you are supposed to.

Point taken. I still believe that a final warning sent through email before the hammer falls is the best thing to do. You say that the email is bogus or no longer current? Not your problem. You did try, after all.

If you get warned for being a jerk and then continue to spout excessively rude remarks, even though some of the remarks are not warned, the rude remarks can count against you if you have several warnings for the same behavior. It’s viewed as evidence that you cannot or will not change your ways. As someone else said in another thread, some people love to skate as close to the edge as possible. It’s like a game for some people, and the moderating staff has no wish to play that sort of game.

The voice of experience, surely. Thanks for the feedback.

[dantheman]

@World Eater

What the hell could you possibly get warned for?

Being too levelheaded?

tom’s whooshed you.

It’s ndebb that gets all of the warnings.

[Kalhoun]

@Lynn Bodoni

Yes, we do. We’ve even got a primitive filing system going. In addition, we email each other a lot. Becoming a SDMB moderator means never having an empty email box again. I don’t know about the other mods, but I personally keep some staff emails and notes in my personal computer document file as well. Since I think that ALL of the other staffers are more organized than I am, I’m sure they also have their own personal files. I know that TubaDiva,, for instance, has a lot of ZIPPED files containing the old threads from the AOL SDMB. She wants to put them online sometime.

So yeah, if you get a warning, it’s going on your Permanent Record.

How 'bout if you call someone an asshole in the wrong forum and then say “oops, sorry…”? Do you get a demerit then?

How 'bout if it wasn’t a really harsh reprimand, but more of a “we don’t do that here in GD” kind of thing?

[dropzone]

I’ve know the guy for four years and I don’t believe Deb has EVER posted. When is he going to give up the charade?

So, Lynn, does an email warning count for more than a warning in a thread? 'Cuz I’ve had a couple of the latter but can’t find any of the former in my mailboxes.

[Duckster]

So how does one skate on thin ice, in May, in Chicago. Do you keep those warnings in the freezer, along with the bodies?

[Liberal]

@Kalhoun

@Lynn

Yes, we do. We’ve even got a primitive filing system going. In addition, we email each other a lot. Becoming a SDMB moderator means never having an empty email box again. I don’t know about the other mods, but I personally keep some staff emails and notes in my personal computer document file as well. Since I think that ALL of the other staffers are more organized than I am, I’m sure they also have their own personal files. I know that TubaDiva, for instance, has a lot of ZIPPED files containing the old threads from the AOL SDMB. She wants to put them online sometime.

So yeah, if you get a warning, it’s going on your Permanent Record.

How 'bout if you call someone an asshole in the wrong forum and then say “oops, sorry…”? Do you get a demerit then?

How 'bout if it wasn’t a really harsh reprimand, but more of a “we don’t do that here in GD” kind of thing?

And to add to Kalhoun’s questions, what happens if an asteroid strikes Mars, sending a fragment of rock from the Tithonium Chasma hurtling toward earth, where it miraculously survives the forces of atmospheric friction and smashes into Leonid Breshnev’s tomb, killing a falcon that ate a quail owned by a British dignitary whose wife works in Washington and has a daughter whose fiance writes articles for DavidB’s reality TV website? Given your relationship with David, what makes you think you could possibly be fair?

[dropzone]

Thanks for keeping the thread in the friendly and inquizative vein it had been in from the start, Liberal. :rolleyes: Please note that the Pit is also for discussions of administrative policy and one needn’t be nasty in every thread.

[Gatopescado]

@dropzone

Please note that the Pit is also for discussions of administrative policy and one needn’t be nasty in every thread.

I woulda told him to “Fucko Off”!

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