[wp-forums] B-Coded user

[Joni Mueller]

I have always loved CMS Made Simple's policies. They aren't as tolerant as you guys are, far from it. I particularly like their "How Not To Ask For Help" section here. Maybe you can add some of these "gentle suggestions" to the forum "rules" section?  :)

http://forum.cmsmadesimple.org/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=2661&sid=c560395d9814b029a4a87b2ec6017062

Joni Mueller
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On Jul 28, 2012, at 5:40 PM, "Francisco de Azevedo" <frandeazevedo at gmail.com<mailto:frandeazevedo at gmail.com>> wrote:

Yeah, I guess it is a little overkill and it might alienate users more than
anything else.
My concern had more to do with contributors / users ratio: it is already
low enough as it is to allow people to discourage contributors with their
attitude.
But I guess there is little one could do about this, other than keep
politely requesting that people abide by the Forum Rules.
Enjoy your weekend, everyone.
Cheers!

Marv


On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 5:26 PM, Andrea Rennick <andrea at ronandandrea.com<mailto:andrea at ronandandrea.com>>wrote:

What Jan said. :)

a.

On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Jan Dembowski <jan at dembowski.net<mailto:jan at dembowski.net>> wrote:

On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 12:08 PM, Francisco de Azevedo
<frandeazevedo at gmail.com<mailto:frandeazevedo at gmail.com>> wrote:

Do you mean a list if usernames, as a public shaming?

Yeah, something like that, a hall of shame of sorts. It doesn't
necessarily
have to be tied to the bozo list actually.

While that may be (temporarily) satisfying, I think that'd be counter
productive. People misbehave sometimes and we've all sent out
communications that later on we thought "WHOA. What was I on that
day??"

Everyone should get at least one second chance, preferably many. ;)

The b-code just puts them in the timeout room. It doesn't block or ban
them, it just means a moderator has to approve their post before other
people can see it.

If they fly straight then they'll get to play with the other kids
unsupervised. If they don't, then any new offending posts will/can be
deleted and they stay in the timeout room longer.

Having a public shame list won't encourage people to behave and would
possibly just start more fights. We wouldn't want that.

I mean really, WordPress has got a cool community and we want to
encourage people to play nicely using pleasant means.

Jan Dembowski

PS. That doesn't mean I'm opposed to banning outright repeat
offenders, there are limits after all. But that's a last resort IMHO.
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