Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-1251315-20151018142559/@comment-26440657-20151018165103

I agree that the policy is worded in a strict looking way. If the chat rules are going to be made a little less specific and relied more on mods assessing the issues, it should be pointed out that ban times can depend on a mods discretion varying on the context of the offense. Simple, unintentional offenses can have a really short ban while repeat offenders whom enter the chat after a ban just to cause more trouble asap could be banned for longer, and that mods are allowed to skip the warnings/kicks during extreme cases. A lot of offenses vary greatly depending on context, the ban length should fit the offense(s).

For the obvious things that should be relied on common sense and shouldn't be listed, I don't agree with that. The more specific the list of offenses are, the easier it is for people to see which things aren't allowed. Example: Some wiki chats allow all caps but isn't allowed in TES chat. A new user could skim through our policy looking for "all caps", see nothing written about it and assume it's ok. I believe the obvious offenses should remain listed in the rules, but how severe the offense can be should depend on a mods discretion, same with it's punishment.