All The Tropes:How We Do Bans Around Here

I grant permission for all mods to update this page. (If we decide to make this a policy instead of a guideline, that will be widened while the page is still in my sandbox.) --Robkelk (talk) 18:25, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

That's a working title. Needs a Better Title.

Also needs grammar cleanup. A page with text in nothing but point form is for organizing ideas, not for presenting them.

Also needs input from other mods.

Also needs an introductory paragraph.

Guideline or policy? If the latter, needs input from all active users before going into effect, IMHO.

What is not grounds for a tempban

 * Disagreeing with a mod.
 * Making an honest mistake.
 * Removing - with an explanatory comment - incorrect text that was previously presented as fact.
 * Mentioning politics on a page where it's appropriate.
 * Being disruptive on a one-off basis.

More?

Grounds for a permanent ban without warning on the first occurrence

 * Using the wiki to break the law.
 * Spamming off-topic posts from a user account or an IP address known to belong to a spammer ("known" includes but is not limited to being listed at StopForumSpam.com's IP Check).

More?

Grounds for a tempban without warning on the first occurrence

 * Putting the wiki as a whole at risk.
 * Bowdlerization of page content in a manner that suggests the presence of Censorware on the user's system.
 * Violating the Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy. These actions may also lead to bans on all wikis hosted at Miraheze, carried out by the Stewards.
 * Violating the Terms of Service or the Content Guidelines.
 * Spamming off-topic posts from an IP address not known to belong to a spammer.

More?

Grounds for a warning on the first occurrence and a tempban on a repeated occurrence

 * Repeatedly ignoring a mod.
 * Refusing to learn from honest mistakes, or repeatedly making the same honest mistake. (Two ways to say the same thing.)
 * Removing without explanation text that was previously presented as opinion, on a page where opinions are acceptable. All WMG and YMMV subpages count as pages where opinions are acceptable.
 * Removing without explanation tropes on a work page or works on a trope page.
 * Adding strong language to a page that shouldn't have it, or removing strong language from a page that should have it. Work pages for works that would be rated G if they were films released in the USA definitely fall under the "shouldn't have it" heading.
 * Adding lewdness to a page that shouldn't have it, or removing it from a page that should. Work pages for works that would be rated G or PG if they were films released in the USA definitely fall under the "shouldn't have it" heading.
 * Being disruptive repeatedly - especially if no apology was made for the first occurrence.
 * Impersonating a mod - including but not limited to threatening to ban another user (especially if the other user had not done anything that would merit a tempban according to this page).

More?

Warnings
Casual comments on a forum or in IRC do not count as warnings, as far as this page is concerned.

A warning is given by a member of the Moderation Staff, and includes: For the purposes of this page, all warnings are given on the Talk page of the Troper being warned.
 * a statement of why the warning is being issued;
 * a statement that continued behaviour will lead to a tempban; and
 * a set of "pings" to all other members of the Moderation Staff (and, if the behaviour directly affected another Troper, a ping to that Troper).

Duration of a tempban
Varies depending on the nature of the grounds (lawbreaking is worse than fiddling with strong language, for example) and whether the troper is a repeat offender.

Minimum one day for a minor first offence.

Maximum... how long before a "temp" ban becomes effectively a permanent ban? Six months? Longer? Shorter? Looney Toons suggested four months as the longest tempban.

Spammer bans
Quoting Looney Toons:
 * Our current procedures are permanent ban for a registered account which spams, and a six-month or one-year tempban on an anonymous IP. (I've used both one-year and permanent bans on IPs that have any results at all on StopForumSpam.com's IP Check, which generally means they're IPs owned by spammers.)