Why is it so hard to find the rules-infraction system?

[kathyinmo]

Am I just blind or an idiot? I can not find anything with this new search method. I get a million hits and can't find what I am looking for, or I keep hitting dead ends.

Can someone please direct me to the infraction-warnings rules? I found this, but the link does not work...

they agreed to when joining.

Our forum moderators do a fantastic job, but managing a community of tens of thousands of active members is really a tricky challenge, especially when it comes to remembering who did what, where, and when.

To help our moderators keep their sanity while helping us do a better job communicating with our members, weve implemented a new Warning / Infraction System feature. This will allow for better and simplified moderation that is universal for all users and ultimately provides a better forum experience.

This new system allows us to better manage the behavior of our forum members and offers an easier way of issuing warnings, suspensions and, when absolutely necessary, bans.

It is important to keep in mind that an infraction / warning is not given to punish our members, but is a way for us to help our members better understand our communitys rules and tone. If you get an warning, please simply become better acquainted with our rules and try to understand why you received a warning and continue enjoying our wonderful community!


Here is how the system works:

If a user should earn a warning, a message will be sent to the user explaining why the warning was issued along with how many points they have "earned". The more severe the infraction, the more points received. If you get an warning, you will receive a Private Message alerting you to the infraction along with details of why you received the warning.

If you gather too many infraction points, you will be prevented from using aspects of the forum for a certain amount of time.

If you feel the infraction/warning was unfair then please contact a moderator; dont start a public thread as it will be locked/ removed and result in even more infraction points.

Sometimes a warning may be issued without infraction points; if this is the case, any further breaches of the rules will result in an infraction with points associated.

Almost every infractions points have an expiration to them, and they vary between types of infractions.

You can see your infraction points and warning history in your user profile (Profile, Essentials, User activity). Only you and forum staff can see your warnings.

Below is the current list of warnings and points. Please keep in mind that this system is brand-new and we expect that we will need to continue evaluating and tweaking the warning, points per infraction, expiration dates, etc.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/warnings.php

We appreciate the members of our community that work hard to keep the forum rules and are very glad that this applies to the vast majority of you!

Honestly, we hope that none of you will even have any interaction with this new system!

 

[Imp]

Is this what you are searching for?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...tone-locked-topics-freedom-of-speech-trolling

I think I was in FAQs

Welcome to BYC

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Imp

 

[kathyinmo]

Thanks for looking, Imp.
No, that's not it. I am looking for the listing of infractions with the number of points issued and such.
Like: how many points = 3 day ban. How many points = 2 weeks ban, etc.
It also listed the number of points for violations, like -35 for trolling.

It used to be where that link is, in the quote I posted from Nifty.


Quote:

 

[kathyinmo]

I found it on BackYard Herds. Thanks!



Warning types

Name Description Points
Rule # 8 - Bumping - Cross Posting No Bumping or Cross-posting topics. Bumping is posting to move a thread up on the forum list, and cross-posting is posting the same thread in several forums. 10
Rule # 9 - Personal Information Do not post overly personal information like your phone number, address, age (especially if you are a minor) or any other personal info you don't want the whole world to see. 10
Rule # 12 - Soliciting donations Do not solicit donations or charitable requests for yourself or other people or organizations. 10
Rule # 1 - Profanity Remember this is a family friendly community, so no swearing, foul language, or profanity. 20
Rule # 10 - Promoting other forum, etc. Do not promote other websites that are "similar" to BackYardChickens, especially similar forums. Sometimes it may be appropriate to link to another site that has specific information relative to a question, but moderators have to right to remove links and posts at their discretion. 20
Rule # 13 - Inapropriate religious or political post We strongly discourage religious and political topics and reserve the right to delete them at our discretion. These topics of religion and politics should be confined to the ?Random Ramblings? section of the forum. 20
Rule # 14 - Animal Rights or Cock Fighting No discussions about animal rights organizations or Cock fighting 20
Rule # 7 - Advertising Abuse Do not advertise your products or services outside of the appropriate areas of the forum or too frequently. 25
Rule # 5 - Teasing No teasing, mocking, ridiculing, or otherwise making fun at other member's expense. 30
Rule # 6 - Fighting No Fighting. Taking a personal conflict to the forum is unacceptable. "I'm right, you're wrong" threads and posts will be edited or deleted. 30
Rule # 11 - Luring to other forum Luring members to other forums is not allowed and we prohibit discussing drama that happens on other forums. We've worked hard for years to build up this community and we will not tolerate people coming in and spamming our members via the public forum, private messages, or emails to join another community. 30
Rule # 16 - Reposting Closed Topic If a topic is closed or removed do not, under any circumstances, re-post the same topic or material. If you have any questions as to why a thread was closed or removed please contact a BackYardChickens staff member. 30
Rule # 2 - Adult Post or Topic Definitely no inappropriate "Adult" topics or innuendo. 35
Rule # 3 - Flaming No Flaming (verbally attacking people or groups of people - e.g. a profession, an organization, a company.) 35
Rule # 4 - Trolling No Trolling (posting to provoke others, luring them to flame or rant). Trolling is sometimes done involuntarily, so please be considerate when posting. 35
Rule # 15 - Questioning Moderation Do not post threads questioning moderation. If you have an issue with one of our rules, moderators, etc. please contact another moderator or a forum administrator 35
Automatic bans

Ban period Reason
2 days 50 points
7 days 75 points
14 days 100 points

 

[Lothiriel]

Great find, Kathy. I never would have thought of going over there to find it. I made a page of them for here. https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/warning-types-for-the-infractions-system

 

[kathyinmo]

Great find, Kathy. I never would have thought of going over there to find it. I made a page of them for here. https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/warning-types-for-the-infractions-system

Did you look for them, too? They must be buried here somewhere, aren't they?

 

[Lothiriel]

Either that or they're on one of the missing pages. I've looked for them before with no luck.

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Wow, great teamwork!!

I don't think that they were ever transferred over, so thanks for finding and creating!