As I have been over the forum since more than 5 years, I've been thinking why there isn't a page specifically mentioning everything about bans and some rules to be followed in order to prevent themselves from getting ban-hammered?
I'm introducing a few rules (you may address your concerns as well) in order for admins to look and see if this is something really needed on the forum:
[For users] Rules to be followed to prevent yourself from a ban:- Don't plagiarize.Plagiarism here is one of the major reasons why many people got banned here. In most cases, I've seen bots doing it just for the sake of increasing their post count (mostly potential accounts) to get their accounts ready for a signature campaign (this was before the
merit system was introduced). This not only decreases your chances of getting accepted anywhere but also increases the possibility of a permaban (you heard it right, you copy-paste one's post and bang, you have been permanently banned from the forum). Even if you copy-paste someone's content, it is mandatory to give credits to that person by either showing the link from where you picked their content or use their name and confess that the content is not yours, and therefore not original. This will show that you've already said in your comment that the post/article doesn't belong to you and nobody will have problems with it because you shared someone's content addressing that it's theirs, not yours.
- Don't be repetitive.It is said that when something is said once already, it needs not to be said again and again by others or even the one who said it before. Repetition shows that you've got nothing new and are repeating one thing tens or hundreds of times even if your way of representing it is different but the speech is the same - that's one way of spam.
- Don't use foul language.Don't try to inflate things by spewing out fire off your mouth. Unless it's literally needed in a conversation, don't try to be over-smart by using foul words as it'll only add disgrace to your credibility and subtract respect for you in everyone's heart here. Try to remain calm (I'm not saying that you need to be in anybody's shoes, maintain your self-respect as well be nice to others if you expect kindness from others as well because you're being watched just like anyone on the forum and they see your posts to determine the type of person you are).
- Don't make unsubstantial posts.Making comments here is like giving your opinion on something you know about, try to be constructive in your posts while "constructing" them. Making unsubstantial posts {which doesn't really contain any substance (content) related to the subject the thread (talk) is all about} increase your chances of getting banned as there is a "Report" button on the top right of each post here which others use to report you to Admin/Mods if you're not contributing anything to the community and just trying to increase your post count.
EDIT:- Don't use CAPITAL LETTERS unnecessarily.Making your post look like a shout out in the herd of opinions is not really needed here as everyone's opinion is heard and can be seen, so no need to use CAPITAL LETTERS in your comment unless it's not really needed there. It's like trying too hard to be heard, but then the comment should really have some real substance in it and that too doesn't need the whole comment to contain CAPITAL LETTERS as you can make a point, put it in CAPITAL and elaborate more about it than writing everything in CAPITAL. (An example for how to make points and describe more on the same is this OP itself).
[For admins] A request for a page belonging to BAN related information only:- I just need this information (and some more additional one if you can add) to be added to a ban-related-info page. As well, I wish there should be a table where we should get stats like:
Total banned (which defines total number of users ever banned)
Currently banned (total number of users who are currently banned)
Average (from least timeline to permaban with either a graph or number)
(This is optional) List of usernames who are banned with their timeline as for how much time they're banned
Reason for their ban (so to set example for others to see what not to be done to stop themselves from getting banned)
Ban-evasion (anyone who evaded the ban should be shown here with a Yes/No added in this box)
P.S.: There's nothing personal as my intention here is clean and I just want those spammers and copy-pasters to be revealed to the community and to newbies in order to set an example for those to learn what they shouldn't do here.
P.P.S.: This is not a self-moderated topic and hence, I request you to please think a thousand times before quoting my full post and replying. Please don't quote this complete post and save the forum some space.
