[quote=Drakel]
Now I have two question about this zero tolerance thing and since it's on topic, I might as well add it here. If a member posts something like a biology picture about genitals and is warned about not posting them but later on in that same day they get a little heated in an argument, nothing major but something that does need mod attention for them to stop, would they receive a ban or another warning since these are two completely separate cases?When it comes to warnings, are for all of time (or for as long as the mods remember) or after a certain/long amount of time would a member just received another warning? IE: A member posts some small bigoted remark and is warned not to... after a few weeks to months to a year they do it again. Warning or full ban?
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I can't think of a scenario where anyone has ever posted a biology textbook picture of genitalia before, but we're warning once. We're not going down the road of warning people for every item on the list once, because that's a waste of our time.

As to the 'bigoted remark' thing, I think you guys need to read the standards more carefully. Advocacy of violence and repression against a group or calling them epithets is a long way from having a low opinion of them.

The last guy to get banned for advocating racial violence was posting pictures of genocide and saying it was a good thing. If you're going around saying, "Gay people should be killed" or "Christians should be executed for their beliefs" then yes, goodbye. Not liking homosexuals, Christians, communists or hippies? Well, I'd personally avoid giving so much attention to the things I dislike that much. If you deal with a person from the aforementioned groups, stick to poking holes in what they say. If you have a word for them you use at the dinner table, I highly recommend keeping it there.

Truthfully, considering that the last guy we banned for bigotry considered the SS to be an upright and moral organization whose mission (exterminating 'untermenschen') was a good one, I think that most people are going to be pretty safe from that rule. That's been the -one- ban we've given under that guideline. And yes, we have been generally practicing the one warn, one ban rule for a while. What we did was clarify it and put people on notice so there are no surprises.