I was banned from the forum for 3 days after I accidentally wrote "W----" on a post in the "Q and Beyond" sub-forum. Does my infraction really deserve to be penalized by a 3-day ban, and I didn't intend to ruin anyone's experience of 3.0, nor was I trying to break forum rules.

Thank you

P.S. I know there's another topic about this right below my post. I apologize for any inconvenience.

The word in question may be somewhat hidden, but that is where lies the problem. I would assume even a letter of the title just to help those who do know the word still counts as a spoiler. I also believe that there is a strict adherence on bans there (don't quote me, I hardly ever visit Q and Beyond).

Replicator wrote:I was banned from the forum for 3 days after I accidentally wrote "W----" on a post in the "Q and Beyond" sub-forum.

If it had been "W----" to start with, that would have been okay. But as it was, it counted as a spoiler. One in a thread title could even be visible to people who don't actually go into Q and Beyond (displayed on the main page, comes up in a thread search, etc.), so under a more draconically dutiful observation of the spoiler rules as written, that should have gotten you a week-long ban.

Reichu wrote:If it had been "W----" to start with, that would have been okay. But as it was, it counted as a spoiler. One in a thread title could even be visible to people who don't actually go into Q and Beyond (displayed on the main page, comes up in a thread search, etc.), so under a more draconically dutiful observation of the spoiler rules as written, that should have gotten you a week-long ban.

Oh, so the policy for posting it where it's appropriate is "be grateful you didn't get worse"?

That's fucked.

Tribblepoo wrote:Oh, so the policy for posting it where it's appropriate is "be grateful you didn't get worse"?

You can be as "grateful" or "ungrateful" or whatever as you want. I was just being matter-of-fact.

Reichu wrote:You can be as "grateful" or "ungrateful" or whatever as you want. I was just being matter-of-fact.

For the record...

That's fucked.

So was I.

That's nice, but just saying "that's fucked" doesn't really help us out in a constructive manner. It's just slinging indignities.

Anyway, we don't need two threads for this. Just the one should serve fine.