Major Blackwood
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Ends 1-21-2013 at 1 pm PST
EDIT: Per the discussion below, the chat and wiki ban will end on 1-27-2013 at 1 pm PST.
Major Blackwood
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» Major Blackwood
Summary:
24 hour ban to give the chat a break from his general idiocy.
http://www.scp-wiki.net/forum/t-516551/criticism:a-change-in-policy#post-1690889
Blackwood's been a problem for the past couple of weeks. I've revoked his membership and would like to bring up a discussion of whether or not we want to upgrade it to a permanent ban.
- Clef
Anyone got logs? I ask because if he's going to keep asking why it was banned, it would be nice to have a record of it, so everyone else knows.
Aside from telling him what he's doing wrong when he asks instead of dancing round it, he does seem to be a pain in the ass.
But seriously, when someone acts like a moron, and asks why, at least have the decency to tell them. I know some folks have actual honest difficulty telling when they're being a passive aggressive dipshit, and ask people to tell them when they are.
But otherwise, yeah, he's kind of a pain in the ass.
I am not an admin, but I oppose permanent ban.
I feel that people are baiting Blackwood about as much as he's being an idiot (just look at replies to him in Recent Posts), and this isn't okay. That doesn't make them responsible for his behavior, but it still doesn't set a good pattern. Yes, he 'started it' each time, but this isn't grade school.
Many members of our community feel it's a better idea to ostracize or push someone hard until they do something worthy of a ban, rather than try to help them be less of a blithering idiot. Blackwood's treatment has fallen firmly into the former camp. I feel permabanning Blackwood at precisely this point will encourage this behavior.
This is mostly not about Blackwood, who is every bit as irritating as indicated here. It's about the community at large.
I say upgrade the ban to a week, tell him to reevaluate his behavior. If he freaks out, permaban him. If he comes back and still acts incredibly irritating, permaban him. This isn't letting him off. It's a perfectly reasonable course of action to take under the circumstances.
And by the way, keep in mind the number of useful members we have today who started off pretty stupid. This group includes multiple members of staff. Consider this before you decide to upgrade this ban to permanent without giving this user - or others like him - at least one second chance.
EDIT: From staff chat-
[15:26] TroyL RE: Blackwood- Give him a week.
This seems fair to me.
if your reading this your gay
Fifth.
Sounds like you guys have a good idea here. Run with it.
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Seventh. Thank you, Moose.
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moose speaks wisdom— I support this course of action.
This makes sense. A first ban should be a warning (and therefore not permanent) except for something really bad i.e. beyond being a general nuisance.
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