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[MasterJedi]

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There has been way too much trolling lately.  It's gotten to the point where it's virtually impossible to read the Atlas, honestly.  Accordingly, I'm instituting a new policy, called the TrollList.  For now, it is in my own section only.

Consequences of TrollListing
Your posts in Off-Topic and Forum Community will be deleted.  Trying to get around this will decrease the chances that you are ever removed.  In severe cases (marked with an asterisk on the below list) posts in the past 30 days will be deleted, if possible.

Cause of TrollListing
This policy applies to those who have received multiple warnings.  Furthermore, it only applies to those who have actively ignored these warnings (refused to respond to PMs about it) or passively ignored them (violated the same rules repeatedly despite promises not to.)  Finally, it applies to any user who has -- for any reason -- been voted as banned by the moderator staff, but has not yet been banned.

No specific warning will be given for being TrollListed.  Any poster on this list will have exhibited chronic misbehavior, and received ample warning or been the subject of many post deletions.  In other words, if you're on this list, it won't be a surprise.

Current TrollList
•   Alexander Hamilton* - Inappropriate thread-bumping, personal attacks, abuse of reporting system, spam.
•   Libertas*- Chronic personal attacks, abuse of reporting system, spam.

How to get off the list
It is not my responsibility to help you be removed from the list.  If you have questions about improvement, you need to contact me, not vice-versa.  You're entitled to disagree with the policy.  But personal antagonizing, "but ___ is worse!", etc., will not get you removed.  Removal will happen when I am satisfied that a meaningful behavioral change has happened in other forums.  Respect disagreement will not negatively impact your chances at removal.  Abrasiveness or further mis-behavior will.

* People who are currently elected in Atlasia will be allowed to vote and do their duties of those offices and nothing else. Anything done outside these bounds will be edited out of said post. People will also be allowed to declare for elected office.

** If posters on the troll list continue to spam all posts will be deleted, overruling the asterick above.

[Purple State]

I hope you and Gustaf can keep to this. An important step to improve the quality of these boards.

[Senator Barnes]

Question:

Does this:

I will be installing Alcon's new system, please look here for details: http://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=108117.0

I will have one change though, for people holding office I will allow votes to be cast and not deleted as well as candidate declarations but nothing else. Carry on please.

Also apply to people who have an asterisk?

[MasterJedi]

Question:

Does this:

I will be installing Alcon's new system, please look here for details: http://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=108117.0

I will have one change though, for people holding office I will allow votes to be cast and not deleted as well as candidate declarations but nothing else. Carry on please.

Also apply to people who have an asterisk?

Yes it does.

[Vepres]

Great idea if you and Gustaf can do it.

[Senator MaxQue]

Will they be allowed to vote?

[MasterJedi]

Will they be allowed to vote?

Yes

[N.i.K.]

Libertas holds office; You want to put an asterisk next to his name, too.

I don't see a reason why Winston belongs on this list, as he doesn't do "chronic personal attacks" on people. Sure, he holds grudges, but he doesn't go out of his way to mess with people.

[Purple State]

Libertas holds office; You want to put an asterisk next to his name, too.

I don't see a reason why Winston belongs on this list, as he doesn't do "chronic personal attacks" on people. Sure, he holds grudges, but he doesn't go out of his way to mess with people.

The asterisk by the name doesn't lead down to the asterisk at the bottom. It indicates "sever cases."

[Χahar]

I don't really see the point in going back and deleting old posts.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

Just to be clear, are you saying people on the list cannot post at all unless they are voting, declaring to run, or talking inside an assembly thread? They cannot debate, or campaign, or respond to newspaper requests for an interview?

[Rowan]

Just to be clear, are you saying people on the list cannot post at all unless they are voting, declaring to run, or talking inside an assembly thread? They cannot debate, or campaign, or respond to newspaper requests for an interview?

That's usually what not being able to post means.

[MasterJedi]

New section added, those that continue to spam will not be allowed to participate and all posts will be deleted.

[Californian Tony]

So, here is it. I imagined that the "Alcon method" would rapidly be expanded to the AFE board. Actually, I consider it's a quite intelligent moderating system, at least far better than arbitrary thread deletions.
I want to have a look at how this works, but I think it can really help improving the board, as long as moderators don't start abusing of the list.

[Vasall des Midas]

So, here is it. I imagined that the "Alcon method" would rapidly be expanded to the AFE board. Actually, I consider it's a quite intelligent moderating system, at least far better than arbitrary thread deletions.

Basically. But obviously not suitable to Atlasia. See what Teddy said.

[Proud Lieberal from Northeast]

Um, isn't Sewer Socialist an office-holder and therefore should be appear with asterix?

[Vasall des Midas]

Libertas holds office; You want to put an asterisk next to his name, too.

I don't see a reason why Winston belongs on this list, as he doesn't do "chronic personal attacks" on people. Sure, he holds grudges, but he doesn't go out of his way to mess with people.

The asterisk by the name doesn't lead down to the asterisk at the bottom. It indicates "sever cases."

[Rowan]

So, here is it. I imagined that the "Alcon method" would rapidly be expanded to the AFE board. Actually, I consider it's a quite intelligent moderating system, at least far better than arbitrary thread deletions.

Basically. But obviously not suitable to Atlasia. See what Teddy said.

Well we gotta think whether those people should even be allowed in Atlasia.

[Vasall des Midas]

So, here is it. I imagined that the "Alcon method" would rapidly be expanded to the AFE board. Actually, I consider it's a quite intelligent moderating system, at least far better than arbitrary thread deletions.

Basically. But obviously not suitable to Atlasia. See what Teddy said.

Well we gotta think whether those people should even be allowed in Atlasia.

Yes. But that decision is Dave's and/or the Atlasian Courts'. Not someone's who is so obviously party in the dispute that it's not funny anymore.
(I also have serious issues with one inclusion on these lists btw - Einzige - and, although that's thankfully not relevant in Atlasia yet, with one absence: Rochambeau. I mean, if that's not incessant spamming then how are SpaceCom's occasional ritalin lapses so?)

[Californian Tony]

Yeah, IMO Sewer shouldn't be in, neither Einzige. The first loves just making fun of everything, but never makes personal attacks. The second is sometimes very harsh, but he always gives arguments and discuss about ideologies.

[Big DaddyTX]

My question though, and sorry for it being stupid, is Sewer just on this list, or is he actually banned?

[MasterJedi]

My question though, and sorry for it being stupid, is Sewer just on this list, or is he actually banned?

He is not banned. So far he's actually followig the rules unlike Hamilton and Libertas and if it continues and he doesn't do spam he'll be getting off the list.

[Big DaddyTX]

Thanks boss!

[Communists For McCain]

My question though, and sorry for it being stupid, is Sewer just on this list, or is he actually banned?

He is not banned. So far he's actually followig the rules unlike Hamilton and Libertas and if it continues and he doesn't do spam he'll be getting off the list.

He better not, then I will be a runningmate short for the next presidential election.

[Senator North Carolina Yankee]

My question though, and sorry for it being stupid, is Sewer just on this list, or is he actually banned?

He is not banned. So far he's actually followig the rules unlike Hamilton and Libertas and if it continues and he doesn't do spam he'll be getting off the list.

He better not, then I will be a runningmate short for the next presidential election.

Then maybe you better help him to stay on the right path so you aren't short a running mate come Feb.