The Invasion of General

[~[ Greased Gerbil ]~]

I disagree, I think most of the spammers would have stopped before getting banned

They clearly didn't. They got banned within 10 minutes of starting. Spamming in an intended spam-free section is not "OK if it's just a bit". We have a spam section, spam goes there.

[little kimmy]

As for how they broke the rules and guidelines I followed...

Section 9: Exceptional circumstances.
In the very rare event that a user causes an extremely large disturbance to the community, the administration reserves the right to place a ban on that user until the problem can be resolved. Users banned in such a way will be told and will have the right to appeal to the Ombudsperson.

except, you're not administration, you're moderation, completely different and thus outside your powers.

"General invading into the temple". This concept is confusing. What do you mean by that?

when jedi~tank and GunZ came into the temple of spam to "protest" the "lesbians" thread, they invaded the temple with the specific purpose to shut down at least part of the the temple.

that is an invasion of malicious intent. far worse than what occured here tonight.

[little kimmy]

I disagree, I think most of the spammers would have stopped before getting banned

They clearly didn't. They got banned within 10 minutes of starting. Spamming in an intended spam-free section is not "OK if it's just a bit". We have a spam section, spam goes there.

no, because the "knee-jerk" reaction was banning, not warning.

[Phoenix of Terra]

I disagree, I think most of the spammers would have stopped before getting banned

They clearly didn't. They got banned within 10 minutes of starting. Spamming in an intended spam-free section is not "OK if it's just a bit". We have a spam section, spam goes there.

Have you read most of the Galactic Colosseum?

[semper]

As for how they broke the rules and guidelines I followed...

Section 9: Exceptional circumstances.
In the very rare event that a user causes an extremely large disturbance to the community, the administration reserves the right to place a ban on that user until the problem can be resolved. Users banned in such a way will be told and will have the right to appeal to the Ombudsperson.

except, you're not administration, you're moderation, completely different and thus outside your powers.

As stated previously and said by an admin himself I had administrative backing.

Yes I admit I was the person who pushed for it... but the rules are the rules.

[muffafuffin]

I disagree, I think most of the spammers would have stopped before getting banned

They clearly didn't. They got banned within 10 minutes of starting. Spamming in an intended spam-free section is not "OK if it's just a bit". We have a spam section, spam goes there.

and didnt they get a full banning rather then a cozy 1 day cool off ban?

[Donovan]

I disagree, I think most of the spammers would have stopped before getting banned

They clearly didn't. They got banned within 10 minutes of starting. Spamming in an intended spam-free section is not "OK if it's just a bit". We have a spam section, spam goes there.

they didn't stop because no warnings were issued it went straight to bans and in some cases IP Bans were placed

[semper]

I disagree, I think most of the spammers would have stopped before getting banned

They clearly didn't. They got banned within 10 minutes of starting. Spamming in an intended spam-free section is not "OK if it's just a bit". We have a spam section, spam goes there.

and didnt they get a full banning rather then a cozy 1 day cool off ban?

No, they got a cool off ban. It probably won't even last a day.

[little kimmy]

As for how they broke the rules and guidelines I followed...

Section 9: Exceptional circumstances.
In the very rare event that a user causes an extremely large disturbance to the community, the administration reserves the right to place a ban on that user until the problem can be resolved. Users banned in such a way will be told and will have the right to appeal to the Ombudsperson.

except, you're not administration, you're moderation, completely different and thus outside your powers.

As stated previously and said by an admin himself I had administrative backing.

Yes I admit I was the person who pushed for it... but the rules are the rules.

also, i missed the part where the users were notified of the specific reasons for the ban...

[~[ Greased Gerbil ]~]

1 day ban is still a ban. Just not a serious one.

Biscuit has already stated he would have stopped after 2 warnings. He was waiting for and expecting the warnings as he's been a member of the forums for so long that he knows the rules and how they work.

The concept that worries me is that some 'invading spammers' had plans for how many warnings they would ignore before stopping. This admits a clear disregard for authority.

[muffafuffin]

I disagree, I think most of the spammers would have stopped before getting banned

They clearly didn't. They got banned within 10 minutes of starting. Spamming in an intended spam-free section is not "OK if it's just a bit". We have a spam section, spam goes there.

and didnt they get a full banning rather then a cozy 1 day cool off ban?

No, they got a cool off ban. It probably won't even last a day.

thats what i meant semp that the spammers got a mild tiny ban rather than a full ban like the other situation they were referencing.

[semper]

I disagree, I think most of the spammers would have stopped before getting banned

They clearly didn't. They got banned within 10 minutes of starting. Spamming in an intended spam-free section is not "OK if it's just a bit". We have a spam section, spam goes there.

and didnt they get a full banning rather then a cozy 1 day cool off ban?

No, they got a cool off ban. It probably won't even last a day.

thats what i meant semp that the spammers got a mild tiny ban rather than a full ban like the other situation they were referencing.

ah right. Apologies.

[Donovan]

actually the discussion of how long it would have taken in this instance only came up after the bans

[Byrnes]

May I ask who all was banned?

[Donovan]

see the first post