Board Thread:Site Discussions/@comment-25165258-20150730190750/@comment-1669199-20150808203500

BlueSpeeder wrote: A lot of this thread existing is because of me: my "dank personality" has been going on for months and has reached a point where everything I talk about (other than Archie Sonic) is sexual related or swearing. I talked to PKMN yesterday about this and while I have been somewhat improving (not saying much), I am in full support of actually detailing what sexual related topics we can and cannot say.

Also, I would really like if we had a rule detailing on the number of moderators that are arguing with a user. The example of last night, as mentioned above, had about four moderators repeating what another moderator had warned them about. Now, while I don't want moderators to be useless and all, I think only certain situations (such as users breaking Terms of Use) should be handled by administrators only, whereas chat moderators will take care of regular rule breakers, such as the caps lock spamming and role playing. That's just a very rough idea though, nothing really set in stone about my idea.

I disagree with the idea about letting only certain problems occurring on the chat being handled by Administrators exclusively. While Chat Mods aren't Administrators and therefore lack the tools to enforce site policies like Administrators can, they're still responsible for any rule breaking they catch occurring within their primary domain (this being the chat room). If any Users are causing problems that would require more punishment than anything a Chat Mod could dish out, then I don't see why they, or any other witnesses to the event, could not simply inform a random Administrator the first chance they get, if no Administrators appear present anywhere on the Wiki. Until help from an Administrator can come, the Chat Mods should fulfill their responsibilities and do their best to handle the situation however they are able to accomplish. We're not short on Admins, so its highly unlikely we'll come across scenarios where the proper help cannot be summoned in an adequate time frame to deal with an issue certain Users are unable to completely fix on their own.

Also, I don't see what limiting the number of Mods who could handle unruly Users would accomplish. Experience tells me that larger numbers usually leaves a bigger impression on people, even rule breakers. The User could be a child who wouldn't take any single authority figure seriously on their own regardless of their credentials, but having other people echo what the first authority figure is saying, therefore showing the User that there are others who echo what is being said to them, might give them reason to pause and listen to what is being told to them. If 10 Chat Mods or whatever just happen to be on the chat when a problem is occurring, why not give them a chance to do their job and use their numbers to leave a stronger impression?