Forum:Proposed ban policy (IRC)

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DoorToNothing — I dreamed last night... I got on the boat to Heaven! And by some chance, I had brought my dice along! — 23:00, March 17, 2010 (UTC) Over the last few weeks, the spam, flaming, aggressive behavior, immaturity, and complete disregard for the rules on this wiki's IRC channel (#wikia-kingdomhearts) has gotten to be out of hand. The problem is that these offenses are done by the same few users over and over, no matter how many times we channel operators kick them out of the channel for their actions. On the channel, we operators are very, very seldom with banning nicks, idents, or users. I have only witnessed one account in which we finally banned a user. However, the ability to ban a user for their behavior on the channel has become one that we wish to use more often. Super Sword-chucks (SSC, OP), Cloudofdarkness (CloudofLight, frequent user), Gamer2127 (Gamer2127, OP), many other frequent online users, and myself (DTN, OP) met on the IRC to discuss the creation of a ban policy. We have created the following ban policy for #wikia-kingdomhearts, and we wish to have it implemented as soon as possible. I have shown this policy to two other channel operators, Xion4ever (Xion4ever, OP) and Yuanchosaan (Yuanchosaan, OP), and they both have given their approval as well. This policy is formatted as a list of instructions for a channel operator to follow once a user breaks a rule. Step 1: A user breaks a rule. Step 2: Query (PM) the user with a link to the rules and identify what rule they have broken. Step 3: The same user breaks a rule again; tell the user in the query (PM) that they are being given their last warning. Step 4: If the user breaks another rule, proceed to activating your channel operator functions and kicking the user from the channel. Step 5: Next time the same user breaks a rule, they are to be banned from #wikia-kingdomhearts for one day; they were told to stop. Step 6: If the user returns to the channel after their ban, they are on a thin leash. The user is only to receive one warning. If the user breaks a rule again, they are to be banned for a longer amount of time, according to the ban progression below. Ban progression: (one day) → (three days) → (one week) → (permanent ban) This plan is also flexible in the cases of extreme offenses that we do not cover in the rules section of the IRC guidelines, such as spamming with racist or pornographic material on the channel. In these cases, a channel operator should proceed immediately to banning the user for one day, and continue from there with the ban progression if the user persists. Please leave your comments on the ban policy below. A list of the rules for #wikia-kingdomhearts can be found by following the link that is used for the second step's foot-note. You may also add your name to the list of users who agree to and support this ban policy.

Users who support the proposed ban policy

1. DoorToNothing
2. Xion4ever
3. ENX
4. Redeemer & Destroyer

Comments on the proposed ban policy

Eternal Nothingness XIII - Ven, Aqua... I'll find some way to make things right. TALK - This light... it's so warm. — 23:07, March 17, 2010 (UTC) I'm all for it. However, we must make sure the Ops don't get carried away with the policy, while at the same time don't become slackers with it. What is to be done if an offense takes place, however, and no one with Op rights is online? Allowing a "get-away" would only encourage the behavior further, defeating the purpose, and a truly adamant offender/rule breaker wouldn't necessarily listen to a "warning" from a "regular user."