I thought red cards mean one cannot play the next fixture. If you give them such a status, then they can still post, so it would be a yellow card? But what to do when a moderator insults a poster unprovoked?

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A good story writer needs the "axe" as a tool - which means you only tell what is really necessary for the content.

I propose a new rule: All posts must contain at least 40 words (excluding those in quote tags).

Stops the 'one sentence in reply to five paragraphs' case given by Markovich, and also reduces author laziness. But the number of posts per day could decrease sharply.

Markovich wrote on 05/11/12 at 20:06:56:


But here, Markovich is saying that he was just quoting a new rule of thumb, not an inflexible policy.

The first quote, coming from a thread in the general chat section, certainly does not read like a rule of thumb.  It suggests the rule is already in place.

Well at least we need to estanlish a principle. There is a fair amount of excessive quotation going on.

[quote] I plan summarily to delete any future offending posts[/quote]

Doesn't sound all that flexible... Judging from how often people post in the wrong section (btw, there's a Benko post in d-pawn specials that belongs in daring defences), we could assume that many will continue to quote entire conversations just to add a sentence or two. I think all of us have done that at least once over the years.

So, summarily deletion is overkill imo - and could easily turn into censorship and long debates on why something was deleted while something else wasn't.

But the suggested new rule in itself sounds like a good idea. Though it's easier to achieve thru group pressure and good role models than with Judge Dredd as moderator. :)