[@Lady Absinthia][@j8cob]

[h3]Let's take a trip down the rabbit hole:[/h3]

[b]If the site staff are having trouble enforcing rules fairly, what can be changed to fix it?[/b] 

Do you change the rules themselves?
[indent]Let's assume 'yes', and continue.[/indent]

What can the mods do about it? 
[indent]Well...The way this typically gets solved in real life is by having some 'common law' that is updated slowly over time based on feedback from the community. Except, the rules we have now were created from basically the same process.

It's not a simple problem to solve nor is it a trivial amount of work to review and update the rules. The US has a whole civil court dedicated to [i]exactly[/i] this job.
I'm not saying it shouldn't be done, but that people should realize all this tedious work will be done by volunteers and it will take time to implement.

If anyone knows of a better method, I'm happy to go learn about it.[/indent]

Who decides how the rules should be interpreted?
[indent]Normally that would that would be the site staff.
In addition, since Mahz owns the site, he has to abide by any legal regulations too, but we'll leave aside for now.

More troubling is this:
An individual's interpretation of the rules can be different than the staff's interpretation of the rules, and both of those could be different than the LEGAL interpretation. 

tl;dr It's complicated.

Also, even if there is a better way to handle it, what does that even look like?[/indent]

[b]Things that could help[/b]:
[list]
[*] Having the site earn more money to fund new projects and contractors
[*] Improving the UI for staff so managing the site is less time-consuming[/list]

Based on previous statements and my own understanding of the situation, the first could be solved technically and/or commercially, but I'm not sure what Mahz's appetite for that is. The second sounds like a technical challenge, but the staff isn't in a position to address it at the moment.

Edit; @Staff, I do not envy you guys [i]at all[/i]