Spamming moderation

[Souseiseki]

thank you dread lady. (leaves plate of cookies).

thank you dread lady. (leaves plate of cookies).

Conspiracy. You are deliberately attempting to make me eat fattening things. I shall record this in the Book of Grudges or some such. Grr, argh.

"Your comment is unnecessary here", "this is not a debate forum, and we don't need the various 'opinions' unless you're actually trying to help a player understand the rules, direct them to helpful posts, etc. Thanks."

[Dread Lady Nathicana]

Duly noted. I was not aware that levity was against the rules of these forums. Perhaps the infinitely wise complaintant can point me to where it is stated that the moderators can never reply with so much as a hint of good humor to lighten a less than pleasant situation.

[Frisbeeteria]

Since Dread Lady Nathicana clearly can't rule on her own posts, I'll point out that these are totally non actionable.

[Souseiseki]

Duly noted.

Thank you.

I was not aware that levity was against the rules of these forums.

As far as I know, it is not. But Moderation is a very serious forum by all accounts.

Perhaps the infinitely wise complaintant

I'd prefer it if we refrained from little digs at each other.

can point me to where it is stated that the moderators can never reply with so much as a hint of good humor to lighten a less than pleasant situation.

If you would actually like me to take a shot at quoting rules at you, I will do so and take that line as my invitation to do so by you. My response would then be to you to state where it is stated you can?

If you are not:

1) Bringing up a matter of concern with Moderation
2) Reporting a rules violation
3) Linking to a relevant rule or relevant post
4) Answering a report about yourself

do NOT post in moderation. We've gotten many, many, "in my opinion" posts and downright wrong non-mod rulings and they are just NOT HELPFUL.

Since it appears that warnings against gloating, against adding unhelpful comments, et cetera have not made much of an impression, repeat offenders should not be surprised to find temporary bans on their nations.

If you're not reporting a problem, providing clarification about a currently reported problem, giving a link to where it occurred, defending yourself, or otherwise posting a matter of importance, stay out. The constant, unhelpful, and often foolish and snide commentary is not appreciated.

It's here to REPORT PROBLEMS or REQUEST RULINGS.

You MAY link to a relevant ruling OR add more information (such as, 'You should see these links as well for more examples' or 'These other folks also behaved badly in the same thread'.

You may NOT offer your opinion on whether a report is justified or not, whether you agree with it or not, or whether you think it's serious or not.

You may be warned or banned for spamming.

We've said this over and over and it apparently has not made a sufficient impression.

As far as I can tell these rules seems to have been set up as a "this is ok, everything else is banned" structure not "this is banned, everything else is ok" so "it doesn't say I can't" seems like an ineffective line. But maybe I am misinterpreting Katganistans (who IIRC wrote all these posts) posts or there are different rules for moderators? You can make posts that could easily be classified as spam in any serious topic at will?

Since Dread Lady Nathicana clearly can't rule on her own posts, I'll point out that these are totally non actionable.

So, does that mean there are circumstances under which it is ok to turn Moderation threads into mini-TETs to talk about your cookies and getting total fat?

I understand it is customary to make a thank you post with cute gesture but I'm having trouble seeing how the response has any actual value that would save it from being classed as spam in any NSG topic, never mind a Moderation topic, which appears to be an increasingly serious and prevalent problem.

[Oterro]

"banned for shitposting"
*shitposts*
"yeah it's ok when i do it im a condescending moderator with all the authority, question me? you'll get flame baited, another thing i won't be called to question on!"

[Sedgistan]

Spamming in Moderation is an offence as it wastes our time when we could be dealing with other problems. Unhelpful advice and continuing arguments in Moderation reports often also causes further trouble, hence the rules you've quoted there.

Thanking a moderator for handling a report is not necessary, but is acceptable. Accompanying the thanks with a friendly gesture such "leaves cookies" or suchlike is equally fine.

To answer your question, yes there is a different rule for moderators - the "spamming in Moderation" rules don't apply to us. Why? Because we're the ones doing the work here, and a moderator posting a light-hearted acknowledgement of thanks doesn't cause us any further work.

Oterro - grow up.