DoglovingJim wrote:Marcuse wrote:aviel wrote:sunglasses wrote:But guidelines aren't rules. We do not impose warnings and bans for guideline violations.Marcuse wrote:As far as I can see, because nobody has any idea about what "take a role" means.
From the CAaSS Guidelines:TCS Staff wrote:First offense gets you a warning. Second gets the thread temporary locked. The third is a permanent lock.
The guidelines lay out the relevant standards, and their mechanism for enforcement.
I was actually in the process of updating that when you posted this. That statement appended at the base of a guideline post made in 2013 is and has been out of date for a number of years. Sunglasses is completely correct that no warnings or bans are or have been made as a result of not following the guidelines. We have amended this to:In some cases, not complying with guidelines may lead to a lock, at moderator discretion
This more accurately reflects current operating procedure.
Personally I don't think it's outdated, much prefer that to the "current operating procedure" since it is straight forward and no vague. This potential update has the potential of being one-sided as some cases of non-compliance would lead to a lock and others would be perceived as fine, and that isn't very fair.
It's outdated because as Kate pointed out we don't have as many active staff members as we used to. During the holiday season, the only people on staff active were me, Marcuse, and Sunny. Most of us are busier people than we used to be, we aren't paid for this and can't monitor every thread.
I understand your concern about some threads being locked and others not being locked, but that would be the case no matter how the policy is written since enforcement is ultimately up to mod discretion.