Admin Feedback Thread (Archived)

[Jinx]

missing transparency:

It is often simply not clear enough how you guys came to a decision. It is said that each and every decision is a communal effort - but for some reason - at least to me... it rarely feels like it. ( especially when it is mentioned that there are times to rush through reports for example - i simply cannot imagine the team sitting together to discuss each report fairly and objectively )

also - SRP approvals/disapprovals - do not only write "approved" but write approved WHY... and if a SRP was rejected - also write WHY ... openly, publicly - so that other players can learn from successes and mistakes.

or if you cannot - or do not want to go on with events ( like mining rotations etc. ) - state that things stop - and why they stop - even or especially when the reasons are mundane like "no time" or "i don t feel like doing the work now.."


the greater good in mind:

Sometimes sanctions seem to satisfy a sort of frustration or vengeance rather than acting as a means to better the community.


synchronizing patterns and processes:

it is unacceptable to browse unmarked threads for bits and pieces of "green" to further understand the finer limitations of a rule. Although it is said that precidents are not the basis for future sanctions, such precidents are often cited - and the better informed forum dwellers are safer than the ones that "just know the official rules". Noted and raised already- Tunicle

But knowing the official rules should be sufficient never to get sanctioned in the first place. When a rule gets refined and/or adds relevant precidents - those precidents should always be included in the rule - at least as an example.


more - lets call them "non violent" sanctions:

the goal is to allow a better gameplay by achieving a win-win situation. a reported player should not be made a villain but offered ways to improve. a ban or the removal of stuff without proper instruction is insuficient in my opinion.


a better sanction explanation:

if the sanction threads are what is meant to better the sanctioned players - i can confidently say ... they are not enough. they are cryptic by cyting the rule - but often not the idea of the rule on an individual basis. - they are also in some cases written in a mockery or spiteful manner further estranging players and marking them as "unwanted".

also the first step should ALWAYS be to talk to the offender - get their point of view ( because your justice system really is only based on the reporter - and a decision is often made without consulting the reported ) ... Too often sanctioned players come to the forum being totally obvlivious about what happened - only to be redirected to the sanction threads.

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