True.Empy wrote:Your change would allow Moderators to not warn people who mask if it was an "accident" or in jest, or something like that. If it was accident, they still deserve a Board Warning because it doesn't matter if they didn't know, they should have. If it was in jest, it still doesn't matter because whether or not it was for the sake of humor, it's still against the rules.
Can a moderator who is clearly not proficient in the full extent of the English language with all its quirks and oddities be expected to have a proper 'discretion' in the matter, though? To illustrate, not everyone will get the 'fascinate' joke posted earlier, where the word is used to say 'fasten eight'. Another example; "Eye right properly." Aside from the obvious fact that it is not written as properly as it claims, there is a can of worms to be opened.Empy wrote:As I said, Moderators use their best discretion to decide whether or not the rule applies to a situation. That is all that is required in the case of masking, the Mod decides on their own if it was masking. After that they don't get to decide anymore, because of the nature of masking a board warning will be issued 100% of the time.
Sal from Johnny Dangerously: "You farging, corksocking, somanumbatchin' ice-hole!" (I would warn for this one, by the way.)
If someone uses 'obscene gerund' in their speech, which would be 'expert level masking', do they get a warning?
Of course, any direct violation is just that, a direct violation. Language is far more subtle than is currently represented though, and the linguist in me feels slighted.