[Texas2step]

It would be beneficial to see a weekly moderator thread advising of any members that have been banned or suspended. It might be instructive to include a brief summary about the nature of the infraction.

I'll 2nd this one, tentatively. It could serve as a useful tool to let us know what constitutes crossing the line... You know, in hockey, when someone gets sent to the box, if becomes part of the record of the game. So and so, 2 minutes for hooking. Then, other folks know that we better not get caught hooking or we're going to have to sit for 2 minutes.

I can also see some of the problems as it's going to be subjective infractions that receive subjective penalties and someone else is going to complain that you're being "too hard" on people who are "barely" hooking.

But, it's better than the "rumors" that float all over the place. You know, old so-and-so got banned for life because he made a derogatory comment about the admin moderator. When in reality, old so-and-so is off for a couple of weeks vacation, or decided to spend less time at FR for whatever reason.

[Quix]

AMEN!

Tooooooooooooooooooooooooo much vagueness can contribute to unintended offenses.

And a list of such would add clarity as well as soberness about such, I think.

[Jim Robinson]

Hey, I'd rather not have any rules at all. The way I see it, common courtesy and the Golden Rule should be sufficient. I do offer a few guidelines and a warning about a few things that will not be tolerated. But those were originally intended for liberals. I thought conservatives would naturally know how to behave in polite family setting.

[Lead Moderator]

I did something similar not too long ago with pulled threads. I stopped because it was a bit of work for me to set up and because I think that the point was made after a few days. I might do it again every once in a while just to give people a glimpse behind the curtain, so to speak.

The banned or suspended posters list is a whole different ball of wax. First, in general the actions we take with a user are between that user and us, or between that user and Jim. Second, Jim's experience in the past has been that such things just invite rounds of second guessing, and we'd end up having to repost all of the stuff we removed that led to the action. Third, there are always the litigation concerns.

So I do not think we are going to go that route. Sorry, LM