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- Mon Apr 01, 2013 12:13 pm
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- Mon Apr 01, 2013 11:51 am
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- Mon Apr 01, 2013 10:04 am
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Meanwhile, over at MTGS, vogon has just rolled out an awkward April Fools' joke about "Cat Monday." Highlights include
- a recurrent theme that "everyone has to have FUN! in this thread"
- jokes about MTGS moderation being over-zealous and heavy-handed
- KCW getting banned for leaking information (I assume that's a joke)
- a recurrent theme that "everyone has to have FUN! in this thread"
- jokes about MTGS moderation being over-zealous and heavy-handed
- KCW getting banned for leaking information (I assume that's a joke)
- Mon Apr 01, 2013 5:20 am
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- Sat Mar 30, 2013 4:30 am
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- Sat Mar 30, 2013 4:10 am
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- Sat Mar 30, 2013 3:44 am
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- Sat Mar 30, 2013 3:26 am
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- Sat Mar 30, 2013 12:39 am
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- Sat Mar 30, 2013 12:32 am
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Also, can somebody please translate what Azrael is trying to say here? I've read it about three times and I'm still no closer to understanding.
*nods* Alright.
Can we all just concede that procedural fairness is not the staff's strong suit, and probably won't be for the immediate future?
There was a time when there was the possibility that talking about this enough would empower people who were good at that to ascend to positions of responsibility and whip things into shape. That time has past - a lot of those people have made it into those positions, and either left or are still there and are slowing becoming burnt out.
In time, when people have had a chance to regenerate their stores of patience, and the personnel situation has the chance to bring in new recruits who have an affinity at handling this sort of thing, it may be helpful to reopen the discussion. But as is, I
don't see how we're going to transition from this debate into a productive end-game. It seems to be having a counter-productive effect, if anything.
- Sat Mar 30, 2013 12:22 am
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- Sat Mar 30, 2013 12:19 am
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I just noticed it took Sene 18 hours to infract mastergee's post on E_R's helpdesk (the one where he called teia "he".) Despite the heavy mod/global/admin activity in those 18 hours, nobody picked up on this bit of trolling - which was apparently so unacceptably hurtful that it deserved a suspension - for nearly a day. It's almost like they went back over the thread with a fine-tooth comb looking for things to infract (but obviously that's crazy talk because the staff are way too busy to do stuff like that.)
- Fri Mar 29, 2013 10:56 pm
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- Thu Mar 28, 2013 11:26 pm
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- Thu Mar 28, 2013 11:02 pm
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- Thu Mar 28, 2013 3:53 am
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- Thu Mar 28, 2013 12:37 am
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- Thu Mar 28, 2013 12:22 am
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Note the times:
The infraction:
The infraction:
Added to Currently Suspended/Banned Users threadPicking fights is still not allowed. -Galspanic
Last edited by Galspanic; Today at 08:03 AM.
No need for a summit on that one.Sapphire Tri has 3 active infractions and will be back in 3 weeks.
Last edited by Galspanic; Today at 08:03 AM.
- Thu Mar 28, 2013 12:00 am
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parinoid picks a fight with redthirst + his entire clan -> gets thanked by Admin
SapphireTri calls out glaring moderation inconsistencies (without naming names) -> infracted for picking a fight
Sene posts humourous image related to the discussion -> no action
pinkfloyd posts humourous video related to the discussion -> infracted for spam
Gals labels redthirst a twit -> no action because "it's pretty clear I was not flaming the guy" (you'll just have to take my word for it)
redthirst's original infraction -> issued because "it's pretty clear it was spam/trolling" (ignoring redthirst's word stating otherwise)
SapphireTri calls out glaring moderation inconsistencies (without naming names) -> infracted for picking a fight
Sene posts humourous image related to the discussion -> no action
pinkfloyd posts humourous video related to the discussion -> infracted for spam
Gals labels redthirst a twit -> no action because "it's pretty clear I was not flaming the guy" (you'll just have to take my word for it)
redthirst's original infraction -> issued because "it's pretty clear it was spam/trolling" (ignoring redthirst's word stating otherwise)
- Tue Mar 26, 2013 9:50 pm
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In his mind he probably thought he was squashing it. But you're right - "attempting to squash" is what I should have said.Also, "squashed" my ass...
Now, how long until they trot out the modtext
"Everyone here needs to cool down. Thread locked for 24 hours."
or better still,
"This issue is between E_R and redthirst. Anyone else who posts will be suspended."
solution seeing as Nai's original tactic obviously hasn't had the desired effect?
- Tue Mar 26, 2013 8:11 am
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- Tue Mar 26, 2013 7:54 am
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Haha, Nai pulls out the big guns, squashing a helpdesk argument by signing off with a thinly-veiled threat:
The staff reserves the right to issue a penalty different from what is suggested in the rules, should the situation call for it.
The staff of MTGSalvation holds the right to suspend or ban any member for a reasonable purpose at any time, regardless of infractions accumulated.
Interpretation of the Forum Rules is always at the discretion of the MTGSalvation staff.
Finally, remember that MTG Salvation membership is a privilege, not a right.
- Mon Mar 25, 2013 10:38 pm
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- Tue Mar 19, 2013 12:47 am
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Open Site Blathering (formerly Advice from iridium ITT)
Just lost MTGS access on my work computer for the same reason. Oh noes!I just logged in to see how the appeal was going and was greeted with this message.
Dear visitor,
Because your IP address has recently been abused by spammers, access to our forums from this address has been restricted.
You are not allowed to register, sign in or post messages. You can, however, read the forums (except for the Trading Post).
I would like to apologize for the inconvenience.
If you would like to contact the technical support click here. But please note that usually there is nothing we can do.
- Mon Mar 18, 2013 5:11 am
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- Mon Mar 18, 2013 4:26 am
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Just noticed ER is doing a votan on his helpdesk - he's ignored redthirst's question about inconsistent WCT moderation for nearly two weeks, but somehow found time to conduct other business (answering other people's questions, adding more smileys to the site) as usual. Note that three other Admins and two mods have posted since redthirst asked ER to hurry up - still no response.
- Mon Mar 18, 2013 1:16 am
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- Wed Mar 13, 2013 10:08 pm
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- Mon Mar 11, 2013 11:19 pm
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- Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:45 pm
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- Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:31 pm
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weird, you'd think the mods would say something about the infractions. oh wait nope.
The first reply to the OP was the_cardfather (eg. the mod squad) with this:
Then Belgareth had this:Why do people always assume they are going to get infracted for asking a question?
The pile-on continued with SirZapdos:Sadly this is becoming a more commonly accepted viewpoint, as I have tried to point out to the admins. The degree of clarity in the rules and what can and can't be infracted is getting blurry in some areas of site.
Then votan stepped in and completely ignored all the previous comments about infractions.People routinely get yellow-carded in the Magic Rulings forum for not using card tags, even if the responders would probably know
the cards by heart. Granted, not using card tags is against the rules, but it must be disheartening for someone to sign up, ask their question, and then get immediately infracted.
- Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:18 pm
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PhyrexianExile:
PhyrexianExile:
Later...Is there a way to delete my entire MTGS profile, as well as my blog?
I have tried deleting individual blog entries, but it keeps telling me that I do not have access.
I'm sure I will incur yet another infraction for this post...but I am attempting to leave so I would hope that would detract from the problem. Thanks.
PhyrexianExile:
Because I've gotten infracted for some really stupid things/seen others infracted for the same, so I always expect to receive one regardless.
It's fine, I just didn't want to clutter up the website with my nonsense now that I am staying away from it. I don't mind leaving up all of my posts, but just thought I would check.
- Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:17 pm
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- Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:11 pm
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- Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:07 pm
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- Wed Feb 27, 2013 10:59 pm
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- Wed Feb 27, 2013 10:52 pm
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- Tue Feb 26, 2013 10:51 pm
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No, he's disagreeing with the idea, not the person...This post is infractable by MTGSThis statement is patently falseAs for the "you can do no wrong" argument... you are so wrong. I am constantly re-evaluating my decisions. I have overturned cards I gave on several ocasions because I admitted I was wrong. I'm just not going to do it because of pressure. I did it (and will continue to do it) when I feel I have acted wrong. For a mod, pride can be the #1 enemy when it comes to being professional and competent and I'm well aware of that.
standards
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