# Mod warning mistake...?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-warning-mistake/715976>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [March 25, 2015, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-warning-mistake/715976 "2015-03-25T21:14:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-warning-mistake/715976/41 "2015-03-28T16:42:22Z")

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> [@Miller](#):
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> Man, there’s a lot of that going around. I just did the same thing to **mhendo** a couple days ago.
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> I’ve reversed your warning, and applied it to the post you were quoting instead. Sorry for the confusion.

Wait, misspelling “Dibble” as “Dribble” got someone a warning? Clearly I’m missing something here.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-warning-mistake/715976/42 "2015-03-28T16:55:29Z")

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> [@Munch](#):
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> Wait, misspelling “Dibble” as “Dribble” got someone a warning? Clearly I’m missing something here.

Read the quoted post again. It wasn’t a misspelling but an insult.

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-warning-mistake/715976/43 "2015-03-28T17:03:06Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> It wasn’t a misspelling but an insult.

Only to the extent that it wasn’t a compliment. But whatever - the continuing slide to encompass every 2nd grade schoolyard insult into warnable offenses is tiresome, pointless and embarrassing to everyone involved. If the regulars and moderators in GD really think an “insult” at that level of mundanity simply cannot be overcome and degrades the integrity of the forum, so be it. A dismissive eyeroll is all I would feel it deserves, but I guess some people just really love defending molehills.

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-warning-mistake/715976/44 "2015-03-28T17:22:24Z")

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I don’t think there’s ever been a time on this board where you were allowed to insult people so long as the insults was sufficiently lame.

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-warning-mistake/715976/45 "2015-03-28T17:29:18Z")

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> [@Miller](#):
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> I don’t think there’s ever been a time on this board where you were allowed to insult people so long as the insults was sufficiently lame.

I disagree, but I honestly don’t care at this point. Feel free to rewrite this board’s history as you see fit.

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