All The Tropes:How We Do Bans Around Here
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. @Labster @GethN7 @Looney Toons @QuestionableSanity @Derivative @SelfCloak
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 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?
What is grounds for a tempban
- Breaking the law. (Which if repeated is grounds for a permanent ban.)
- Putting the wiki as a whole at risk.
- Violating the Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy.
- Spamming off-topic posts.
- Repeatedly ignoring a mod.
- Refusing to learn from honest mistakes, or repeatedly making the same honest mistake.
- Removing tropes on a work page, works on a trope page, or anything on a YMMV page without explanation.
- Adding strong language to a page that shouldn't have it, or removing strong language from a page that should have it.
- Being disruptive repeatedly - especially if no apology was made for the first occurrence.
More?
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?