Hey Scud

[Herr Straße Laufer]

That being said, and as a former moderator, MrRR, can attest to, I don't have it within my power to arbitrarily ban anyone. I MUST go through the senior officers. I state my request and give my reasons. Any site officer can chime in and give thier feedback. In the end though, yes, so far senior managers have agreed with my assessment or have disagreed, but said it's my call. My call wasn't always for a ban either, but to give someone another chance. By the way, the really bad posts aren't deleted, they're just rendered invisible to the general public.

I will attest to this. Very much the power is in the hands of senior leaders to issue bans.

There were two suspensions doled out in the final days of 2009. Neither were for violation of the new rules, Ed has been misinformed on this. The five-day appeal rule was waved by me immediately upon receiving the the violators request and explanation. If the new rules had been in effect, his appeal directly to Jim would have cost him more than thirty days. The other suspension was not appealed. The violator knew what he did and has voiced his personal regrets to me several times.

I do then stand corrected. It was my understanding that a ban of 30 days (as per the newest CS specific rules) was issued and upon appeal 5 more was tacked on (per the new rules) by the ladder commander.
I know that banning notices have date and time stamps. From experience. :rolleyes:
At the time I could see my own. I cannot see anyone elses. ;)

I think you guys need to get over the feeling of walking on eggshells. Rudolph states that in eleven years he's never had a problem with the mods. These rules won't change that. Some of you, no names of course, have had some problems with myself and with other site officers. Some of you have a history that goes back to before my membership start time. These rules might have an effect on how you post and for that all I can say is I hope so.

Actually, I feel like it is walking on eggshells. The subjective nature of the forum specific rules create that feeling. And, if it can be said, those last three sentences are very telling? Hopefully the new rules are really not here to specifically target "some" while allowing "others" a free pass?

Relax. You know the difference. You've been displaying it post after post right here.

:bow::zzz: Safe and restful! :smoke:



RR