Staff Etiquette

Bans by admins followed no strict rules. Some admins banned for 6 months for the same thing that others banned for one month or didn't even ban at all. To solve this, I made these guidelines for banning.

The Purpose of Banning
To get the best out of a ban, we must first understand what the purpose of a ban is.

Banning has two important purposes:

For the first group of users, no long banning duration is neccessary. These users are also likely willing contributors and a ban longer than a few days might make them leave the wiki forever and we don't want to loose contributors, do we?
 * 1) Warn users that misbehave
 * 2) Prevent trolls and griefers from doing damage to the page

The second group of users should be banned for a much longer time. A troll or someone who did the same misbehavior over and over again, has lost the last chance to show that he regrets what he has done. Show no mercy with them.

FAQ ignorance
Examples:


 * Asking for Gandalf


 * Suggesting better hired unit AI

Ban Duration: At most 1 month

Wiki Guideline ignorance
Examples:


 * Adding images without a name

Ban Duration: At most 1 week

Adding wrong/unconfirmed information or unneeded pages
Examples:


 * Adding detailed information about upcoming features that are not officially confirmed

Ban Duration: At most 1 week

Griefing
Examples:


 * Deleting the content of a whole page

Ban Duration: 3 - 6 months

Trolling
Examples:


 * Adding nonsense content


 * Repeatedly doing other misbehaviors


 * Repeatedly disrespecting wiki admins or the mod team

Ban Duration: 1 year