Warning System
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General
Violations of the various guidelines or rules established to preserve good order within the forums can be dealt with in various manners by the moderation staff. One of these methods is using the Xenoforo warning system. The warning system, as implemented here at RadioReference, allows the moderation staff to issue warnings to those users who need to be notified of a problem with their activity in the forums.
Specifics
Warnings
Warnings are issued for violations of the established guidelines or rules of the forums or continued minor violations. Warnings have both point value and an expiration period, unless they are zeroed out (more later). If a user receives an warning, a notice sent to the user will include a point value and an explanation of the violation. Most violations (see chart below) are valued at 3 or 4 points. After the expiration period, normally 10 days, points are marked as not active and are not added to any other active points to form a total point value.
For first offenses of minor rules violations a zero-point warning may be issued. These are the same as actual warnings except they have no adverse effect on a user’s account other than the warning is noted in the user’s account.
Effects
Accruing a total of 10 or more active points may result in a suspension of privileges to the forum use, a temporary ban, usually for a period of 7 days. Accruing 20 or more active points may result in a permanent ban from the forums. Users are notified of warnings via the Conversation (private messaging system), which is part of the Xenoforo system, by a message sent to you (automatically) from the moderator issuing the notice. Commercial spam messages posted in the forum typically earn an automatic 25 points and permanent ban immediately.
Miscellaneous
Users are responsible for warnings even if they do not receive the notification due to inactivating the conversation system for their account. It is recommended if a user doesn’t want to receive conversation requests on a routine basis, that you leave the PM function active but limit receipt of PMs from administrators and moderators only; this may be set in your UserCP. Please note; you may incur warnings for violations of standards in private messages to members also.
Warnings
Predefined
| Violation Description | Points | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Cross-Posting | 1 | 1 Month |
| Radio Reference Rules Violation1 | 1 | 1 Month |
| Signature Rule Violation | 1 | 1 Month |
| Thread hijacking | 1 | 1 Month |
| Frivolous Post Reporting | 3 | 2 Months |
| For Sale Rules Violation | 3 | 1 Month |
| Inappropriate Language | 3 | 1 Month |
| Thread disruption via trolling or flaming | 3 | 3 Months |
| Intentions to acquire or provide copyrighted software2 | 3 | 6 Months |
| Insulted Other Member(s)3 | 4 | 2 Months |
| Activity unbecoming of a RadioReference.com member | 5 | 1 Months |
| Ignoring a Moderator's request | 5 | 3 Months |
| Moderator Attack | 8 | 12 Months |
| Commercial Sales | 9 | 6 Months |
| Spammed Advertisements4 | 25 | Forever |
Custom Warning
Both point value and period are determined by the moderator
1 These are rules covered in Forum Rules and Guidelines
2 This is an immediate warning; no zero-point warning will ever be issued
3 Includes verbally attacking or belittling other members
4 Typically causes an automatic ban of the account