# Jim\_B's Note should be upgraded to a Warning at least

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**Created:** [May 4, 2022, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-bs-note-should-be-upgraded-to-a-warning-at-least/963959 "2022-05-04T18:31:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-bs-note-should-be-upgraded-to-a-warning-at-least/963959/66 "2022-05-05T16:20:12Z")

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> [@MrDibble](#):
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> I _still_ fail to see why you couldn’t just warn him right then-and-there.

Let me reference you to this thread:

> [@Attack the post; I did that](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-the-post-i-did-that/961763):
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> Continuing the discussion from [Should Bork have been borked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-bork-have-been-borked/961709/106): Why is this post modded? I attacked the post. Others go on about 3/5ths and attack motives, but I get a note for attacking an argument?

This immense kerfuffle was in the wake of a mod note. _A mod note_.

I felt I was on entirely solid turf. Turns out, I wasn’t. So yes, a certain hesitation can set in.

I don’t mind being wrong. I dislike being verbally eviscerated.

> [@Max\_S](#):
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> I sort of agree with **MrDibble** here. @Aspenglow, if you were unsure as to the appropriate sanction I think you should have held off on [post #8](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kudos-to-elton-john/963951/8) until you received feedback from the other mods.

Agreed.

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