I think they should be announced somewhere, but not necessarily in the options that the poll presents. The various and sundry rules for this game aren’t really organized and concisely expressed in one place that everybody can refer to. It would be super-keen to have something like that.

Big Brother Posted:

Also, I just thought I’d note that though “It’s a game about trolling so I can’t get banned for trolling” is a fallacy, I thought I’d note that despite it being a game about trolling does make it ironic that it’s the site strictest on trolling I’ve ever seen. I’ve NEVER seen a site so banhappy as this.

I’d like to express the opposite opinion. I’ve never been a member of a site less banhappy than this one. I do have to say that I’ve also never been a member of a site with a less clear, concise, well-understood, and centralized bank of rules, however.

MC Banhammer Posted:

Okay, that makes sense. This I can get behind.

A KB article which lists all the rules for the entire site. And the text:

You are NOT posting in a RPG forum! Don’t know why this is important? See here!

changed to

Don’t post until you’ve reviewed the posting rules (updated Month Day Year)

and put on ALL submissions pages, not just non-RP ones.

That sounds about good to me. Can’t complain that you missed an update, and it’s relatively easy to doublecheck what rules apply for where you’re posting.

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Theargent Thid Posted:

Look at the forums as two separate entities. While the non-RP is pretty strict, the RP is pretty loose.

On an overall level, yes, but then part of what brought this whole thing up is the fact that someone posted and was banned in a rp forum for this picture.

Log in to see images!

Sometimes there is a need to look at and rebumess how the rules are working, if they make sense given the community and whether they might actually need changing or amendment.

Ok, so is there any point at all in yesterday’s great idea:

MC Banhammer Posted:

Okay, that makes sense. This I can get behind.

A KB article which lists all the rules for the entire site. And the text:

You are NOT posting in a RPG forum! Don’t know why this is important? See here!

changed to

Don’t post until you’ve reviewed the posting rules (updated Month Day Year)

and put on ALL submissions pages, not just non-RP ones.

If what actually happens is simply:

MC Banhammer Posted:

was is lucky I didn’t do a perma.

You want to challenge the rules? That’s not the way to do it.

****ing off mods? ALSO not the way to make a point.

was could be permabanned for all I care. He’s lucky I made it only a week. I’ve asked the other mods to clean up his ****.

Don’t anybody else push this. You’ve been warned.

There was no challenge to the rules. There was no rule. My initial thread about the rule problems clearly pointed out the potential for word spam:

Lester Burnham Posted:

These bans were due to the a new rule specific to the Whores Just Wanna Have Fun! forum. This is the only forum with this bonus arbitrary rule. A rule that makes no sense from a spam perspective since I can adblock whatever image I choose completely eliminating that spam, yet if someone wants to go into those same threads and post blank line spam or wall-of-text spam it is a-ok. This rule was implemented a month ago with absolutely zero fanfare anywhere. There was no blog note about it, no twitter update. Here is the edit that was posted to the WJWHF forum rules a month ago.

MCB clearly read it, gave several replies, yet felt no need to comment or amend the existing rules to reflect the fact that this too would be bannable.

So is there a reason for anyone to even care about what is and isn’t ok, if it can all hinge on a moderator’s current mood?