Terms of Service/Atlasia's Troll List

[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.

[MasterJedi]

Question:

Does this:

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Also apply to people who have an asterisk?

Yes it does.

[MasterJedi]

Will they be allowed to vote?

Yes

[MasterJedi]

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

[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.

[MasterJedi]

Please take it to PM's please.

[MasterJedi]

I don't know how long a system like this will suffice until the trolls overrun it with their spam/abuse of the reporting system, etc. I wish Mr. Leip would come around enough to get rid of these people, but perhaps he's afraid that banning them will only make it worse, if we believe the threats Hamilton likes to spew about how it will get worse if he's banned. I don't know. It's unfortunate that these kids, with way too much time on their hands, are trying to take down the forum. It used to be a great place for discussion.

I agree with that. Banning Hamilton will be a terrible mistake, because he will easily come back on the forum, and learning from his mistakes, he will manage to screw the forum without getting banned in time.

He won't learn. And besides, it won't matter. Once it'd discovered it is Hamilton he'll be banned for circumvening the ban, just like Ogis every time, no matter how he acts.

[MasterJedi]

Guys, I have a life. I've been home this weekend and not on the comp much until today. Well at least Hamilton has made it clear he'll never get off the troll list.

[MasterJedi]

SewerSocialist, Winston and Einzige have been removed from the troll list for good behavior. Hamilton and Libertas will remain there and are still extreme cases.

Guys, I have a life. I've been home this weekend and not on the comp much until today. Well at least Hamilton has made it clear he'll never get off the troll list.

There was no doubt about that.
As for you life, 3 days is really long a time. Maybe you could find an arrangement with Gustaf to ensure that one of you is online at least once per day.

Please do not take this the wrong way, but if you think the forum is that important, I'm afraid that you need a life. I mean, its only an internet forum!

I hate this kind of argument. The importance or not of this forum is irrelevant. When you are in it, you wish to see the rules decently applied. It's not that demanding, especially since there are two moderators.

This is something I do in my spare time for fun. I don't get paid to moderate so it's not my "job". If you'd like to pay me for moderating I'd gladly agree to the plan you described.

[MasterJedi]

Hamilton has been banned so he's gone for now. Though I have also gotten information that he has 6 accounts in reserve. So let me know when anyone new registers and we can check them out and get him re-banned when he attemps to show up.

[MasterJedi]

ElectricFeel has been banned as Hamilton.

Also note that Vane and True Liberty also share an IP though I don't think Dave has done anything yet. The authorities can please act accordingly.