Wylin Posted:

It’s a horrible system to record a comment about a warning by giving people a ban they shouldn’t know about.

But, I have to admit I am curious now.

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a warning is a pre-ban of sorts. for certain things you might do, having received a warning determines whether you get a ban.

when we go to ban someone, we look at the ban history to determine if it’s a ban or a warning and to determine ban length.

comments generally indicate something not even a little bit ban related. why should we have to look in multiple places for information that belongs in one place?

as for not knowing, that’s what the warning tubmail is for. with a backdated ban, it’s noted as a warning, not a ban. ideally you never actually get banned (unless a mod ****s up – we’re human, it happens) and it’s not a case of “not supposed to know about it” – it’s 1000% about being able to effectively track a user’s history.

you were due for a warning. you’d still have something on your record. unfortunately, cid ****ed up. he apologized profusely… repeatedly. et gave you back your scoops and cards that got lost with the perma. it’s been 4 months.