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@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ Message board postings are subject to the following posting rules:
 <p>
 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

html/user/moderator_instructions.php

@@ -48,22 +48,13 @@ avoid deleting posts until someone complains about them
 
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 <p>
-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:
-<ul>
-<li>spammers suddenly littering the forums with garbage
-at a quick rate, or
-<li>egregious offenders (i.e. highly violent or pornographic
-images not suitable to children under 18 years old). 
-</ul>
-In normal cases, if a moderator wants to banish a specific
-author they must ask the adminstrator first. <b>Any</b>
-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.
 <p>
 <b>REMEMBER:</b>
 It is impossible to keep any internet forum free of yahoos.