Same suggestion I made on the old forum before it was deleted. I don't remember everything from it, but I'll update it as needed.
- Change "Forum Sanction Request" to "Forum Report" or something along those lines.
- Instead of these reports being posted, have them DM'd to Forum Moderators/Admins.
- Change the template to something like this (getting rid of the "Requested Sanction" option):
- Name of forum member being reported.
- Which forum posting guideline(s) has the member violated? See here.
- Provide evidence. (i.e. screenshots, link to thread/post)
- Allow forum staff members to determine punishment.
- (Not entirely necessary) Create a punishment log for forum staff to update.
- Require forum staff to post request for any ban longer than one month.
What I’m pretty much saying is we should allow forum staff to moderate on the forums the same way admins moderate punish in-game using the forum guideline (which is structured similarly to the server conduct policy).
Here is my original post (before I had edited it to add others' suggestions) that I got from cached google history:
QuoteDisplay MoreMost people who file FSRs have been extremely biased, and in some cases, completely inaccurate.
Example 1: https://forum.totalfreedom.me/d/265-ron-sanction-request
Request was made for @ron for "Powerposting, and flaming." but excluded everyone else that participated in breaking the guidelines in the thread. This is just blatantly picking and choosing who gets punished from a pool of violators.
Example 2: https://forum.totalfreedom.me/d/140-fsr-ashaztga
Request was made for You! for power-posting. Had I not thoroughly gone through the evidence, he may very well have been perm banned for violating zero guidelines because many people do not like him and blindly voted.
I am not entirely sure how to go about reforming this process, but something needs to change. People are getting sanctioned for breaking the rules whilst others are being completely overlooked and I think the way this process is currently setup is allowing this. This happened a lot on the Proboards forums and I am starting to notice it happen on here. The reason for this thread is to bring attention to the problem and get ideas from the community on how we can fix it.