Board Thread:Site Discussions/@comment-20015702-20140405191815/@comment-8673212-20140406065931

Slug-Drones wrote: I don't see how standing aside and letting the argument happen will take us anywhere. So you mean to say that if, for example, A and B are 'shouting' rude things to each other on chat while there are other users on. You think it's better an admin lets them argue on chat until they meet an agreement themselves. The thing is, especially on the internet, that's likely not going to happen. Chances are the argument is about a petty issue that's disrupting the chat over their bickering. The reason why an admin tells them to stop arguing is because their selfish feelings are disturbing the other users. It's just to make them realize what they're doing. It's not forcing them to stay quiet. I don't know about the rest of you, but those are my intentions.

However, they can bring their argument to PM rather than publicly if we put it your way. I have no objections against that, but if they report an admin about it afterwards, there would be no evidence of it. Sure, they can screencap the conversation but that may be biased as well. Chances are they won't even screencap the conversation and expect you to agree with them. Isn't PMing the worst place for evidence?