diff --git a/html/user/moderation.php b/html/user/moderation.php index c9ebd34b36..c04436fd4a 100644 --- a/html/user/moderation.php +++ b/html/user/moderation.php @@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ Message board postings are subject to the following posting rules:

Moderators may delete posts that violate any of these rules. The authors of deleted posts will be notified via email. -Gross offenders may have their accounts disabled to prevent further posting. +Gross offenders may have their ability to post messages temporarily revoked +(though to prevent abuse only project administrators have the ability to do so). Additional kinds of bad behavior (\"bugging\" posts to trap the IP addresses of other participants, excessive thread creation to spam the forums, etc.), while not listed in the formal rules, may still diff --git a/html/user/moderator_instructions.php b/html/user/moderator_instructions.php index fc373796c1..6b9fe8196c 100644 --- a/html/user/moderator_instructions.php +++ b/html/user/moderator_instructions.php @@ -48,22 +48,13 @@ avoid deleting posts until someone complains about them

-It is possible for an administrator to temporarily banish +It is possible for a project administrator to temporarily banish users by selecting the \"banish author\" link in each post. In this case each offending author is sent an e-mail stating he/she will be unable to post for two weeks. -Moderators will also have the \"banish author\" button but -should only use it in emergency cases, such as: -

-In normal cases, if a moderator wants to banish a specific -author they must ask the adminstrator first. Any -user banishment results in an e-mail to the internal -moderation list describing who got banished and why. +Moderators will not have access to the \"banish author\" button. +If they feel a person should be banished, they should request +that a project administrator do so.

REMEMBER: It is impossible to keep any internet forum free of yahoos.