User blog:Percy (IhorPrTV)/About "Newman and Joy" Incident

So, if you don't know the story, basically two users, named JoyMaps and NewmanMapping joined chat yesterday and acted weird. It turned out they were alts of each other (or maybe 2 new alts by one of the "usual suspects"). Pez banned them after some time. Now they are blocked from the wiki.

I made this blog, because I believe we should have a stable and inviolable process of banning chat users.

Pez banned them without even kicking them first 3 times, to warn them, according to the "3-strikes law" we have. Plus there were users that demanded immediate ban. As far as I know, there is a policy that demands the "troublemaker" to be kicked at first 3 times before getting banned. The kicks must occure only if the user misbehaves or continues misbehaving. Also, if the user claims he is underaged, doesn't mean he/she is. Which is an aspect that needs further investigation and convincing proofs.

My thought is that we should follow the following process:

->Kick ->Check if the user misbehaves or continue misbehaving -> Kick again -> Kick a 3rd time if he/she doesn't stop -> Year Ban if he/she continues.

WARNING: This must apply to EVERYONE who misbehaves or harasses others. Only if there is ABSOLUTE proof that a user violates ToU, we should chat ban him/her and contact an admin. We shall not let our feelings take over. We are the staff, people must be sure we follow a particular process of doing things.

When the new admins are declared, I would appreciate it if they read this blog.

Sincerely,

~ Percy, Greek/Hellene Mapper