Plagiarists (once proven): Should we ban them?
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Yes
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Yes, but only after they’ve been given a second chane
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No
Plagiarists (once proven): Should we ban them?
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They do get banned but a ban does not eliminate their account, it takes away certain account functions for a set time, then restores the function when the ban times out. A suspension closes and erases their account if the ban doesn't get the point across to correct the bad behavior.
As for your perverts comment-- same thing applied.
Over all , you guys all need to hit the report button on stuff you see that ain't cool, around here. If there's no button, you need to write in via the help /ask a question section , tell what's going on and provide links to where it's happening.
Chattering amongst yourselves by pm , doesn't alert us to problems. Mods can't see anyone's inbox except our own. If we don't know, we can't fix it, and that's not on the mods for not doing our jobs if we don't know that something is going on. That's on you (collective "you") for not telling us.
We will address it as soon as a mod logs in-- we don't get paid to do this , it's all volunteer, and we have jobs and lives to attend to first , before an extracurricular website.
They do get banned but a ban does not eliminate their account, it takes away certain account functions for a set time, then restores the function when the ban times out. A suspension closes and erases their account if the ban doesn't get the point across to correct the bad behavior.
As for your perverts comment-- same thing applied.
Over all , you guys all need to hit the report button on stuff you see that ain't cool, around here. If there's no button, you need to write in via the help /ask a question section , tell what's going on and provide links to where it's happening.
Chattering amongst yourselves by pm , doesn't alert us to problems. Mods can't see anyone's inbox except our own. If we don't know, we can't fix it, and that's not on the mods for not doing our jobs if we don't know that something is going on. That's on you (collective "you") for not telling us.
We will address it as soon as a mod logs in-- we don't get paid to do this , it's all volunteer, and we have jobs and lives to attend to first , before an extracurricular website.
rabbitquest said:Although improbable,
It is possible to type random words on a typewriter and come up with somebody else's poem. This actually happened during a three word poem competition where a few folks cried foul.
A more minimal take on the Infinite Monkey Theory. A monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time will almost surely type any given text, such as the complete works of William Shakespeare. It’s all about monkey & Shakespeare. Didn't you just know it? And that seems an appropriate moment to exit this thread. Stage left.
It is possible to type random words on a typewriter and come up with somebody else's poem. This actually happened during a three word poem competition where a few folks cried foul.
A more minimal take on the Infinite Monkey Theory. A monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time will almost surely type any given text, such as the complete works of William Shakespeare. It’s all about monkey & Shakespeare. Didn't you just know it? And that seems an appropriate moment to exit this thread. Stage left.
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We have to enact a ban first to be able to set up for an account suspension. The website configuration doesn't give the terminate option until a ban is in place.
People can redeem themselves -- if God, himself, can give second chances, then shouldn't we humans, try the same? Yeah, there does come a point when chances run out, if the person(s) in question refuse to smarten up, but at least we did the honorable thing on our part, by extending an olive branch and it can't be said that we/us are guilty of acting like thugs on a power trip with the delete button.
To address the issue of multiple bans and why it seems like sometimes it just goes in a cycle with no resolution: there are 5 mods here, all in different time zones around the world, and it sometimes happens that if a ban expires, another mod logs in after that, sees a problem & sets a ban which ends up as a re-ban, for not seeing the original one because it drops off the list. We usually communicate it to each other when one of us takes an action , but occasionally things fall through the cracks.
We have to enact a ban first to be able to set up for an account suspension. The website configuration doesn't give the terminate option until a ban is in place.
People can redeem themselves -- if God, himself, can give second chances, then shouldn't we humans, try the same? Yeah, there does come a point when chances run out, if the person(s) in question refuse to smarten up, but at least we did the honorable thing on our part, by extending an olive branch and it can't be said that we/us are guilty of acting like thugs on a power trip with the delete button.
To address the issue of multiple bans and why it seems like sometimes it just goes in a cycle with no resolution: there are 5 mods here, all in different time zones around the world, and it sometimes happens that if a ban expires, another mod logs in after that, sees a problem & sets a ban which ends up as a re-ban, for not seeing the original one because it drops off the list. We usually communicate it to each other when one of us takes an action , but occasionally things fall through the cracks.
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