THE FORUM RULES HAVE CHANGED

[Professor_Oak]

@admin1

4.1 - Warnings, suspensions and banning.

• 4.1.1 - Minor offences will typically result in a post edit or removal and/or a polite public comment by a moderator, but may extend to an official warning message.
• 4.1.2 - Repeated or major offences will typically be met by an official warning, possibly suspension. If the warnings are not respected or there is no change in behaviour a suspension will be issued.
• 4.1.3 - The length of a suspension will be at the discretion of the moderator taking action. Typically, if a user simply needs removing from a discussion then it will last a few days. If it’s as a result of more general behaviour it will be for a longer period.
• 4.1.4 - If a user has received multiple suspensions then the lengths of future suspensions will be increased and a final warning may be issued, resulting in a ban if they commit another offence.
• 4.1.5 - Bans will not be considered lightly. They will only be issued to prolific offenders or users who show no sign of responding positively to any action, hence are uncontrollable negative contributors to the community.
• 4.1.6 - Users will not be banned without at least one official warning, unless the violation is very extreme (e.g. terror threats) or the account is clearly a spam bot.
• 4.1.7 - For users who are suspended for more than a week or permanently banned, they may choose to contest the action if they feel it is unjustified. This is done by contacting a different moderator or ZigZaGame staff to plead their case. The situation will be reviewed by all moderators and a mutual decision given.
• 4.1.8 - If moderators are involved in any heated discussions / arguments while talking as normal users they cannot take moderator action against anyone they’re arguing against without approval of another moderator (who is not part of the discussion).

Not a criticism but just an observation . This entire section could have been written in one line
" All penalties will be at the discretion of moderators " . END ! cos thats all it is intending to convey in a tangled manner .

And im okay with moderators having such power as long as there is a way to discuss it openly in a thread or somethng dedicated to it.