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Posted by: Achronos
Posted by: Shishka
The moderator bans a user for the 24 hour period. The moderater then goes to the HFCS chapter and logs the ban, complete with explanation and an example URL or two. When the user in question finds that they are banned, they are able to send a dispute to Bungie staff. There, they'll look over our entry, compare it with the user's notes, and decide if it was fair. If it wasn't fair, the ban will be lifted, and the mod will be reprimanded. If it WAS fair, the user's blacklisting will be extended by as long as a week.
This system is already being made, sort of. Forum moderators is any chapter (bungie.net main is considered a "chapter" for these purposes) will be given two "extra" buttons. Well, at least one. The first button will be "Unleash ninjas [24 hours]". This will blacklist someone for 24 hours. Blacklisting, for those who don't know, means all user input to that group ends. No forums, no news input, no database access, etc. Banning is blocking reading the site at all, and is quite silly to do most of the time because you don't care if the user can read your public forum.
Anyway, the second button will be "Unleash Webmaster [7 days]". Same deal - auto blacklist for 7 days.
Obviously, admins of the group (those with the "real" blacklist power) can add to and remove any arbitrary user to their chapter's blacklist. With these buttons, moderators will be able to blacklist without having direct control over the blacklist, and always as a temporary case, just to cool people down.
This works real well, for two reasons. First, the system keeps track of your recent blacklist activity - for both the moderator and the users. So I can determine if it is being fair and if you're a repeat offender. Second, the blacklist error page already directs people to email an address if they dispute the blacklisting. This allows us to take appropriate action (although in most cases we trust our moderators to make the right call - that's their job and they're pretty good at it).
That's pretty much how I'm making it. Oh, and no penalties for losing an appeal... that's just mean, Shishka. :)Achronos is right, as he always is:) Anyway, this would work very well. Just I didn't see the thing about Bungie reviewing the ban. Wait, I just found it. Yes, that's a good system of moderator powers. How long would this idea to be implemented, anyway?