Good morning from the eastern coast of the United States of America.

After multiple incidents where moderators on OldCP have failed to follow the rules that they should be enforcing themselves, I have spoken with Damen and we are bringing back a new system to deal with the situation at hand.

I will firstly credit Empress Chelsey Drake, because I was reading her old posts and in like 2015 she basically made this system.

SO, here it is: The 3 Strike System

All OldCP moderators will start with 0 strikes. Strikes aren't easy to get if you do your job right.

RULES:
- Each moderator must log a certain amount of time per week (unless on vacation or temporary leave that was made aware to an admin) (Time to be discussed with mods later) (Worth 1 strike)
- Unreasonable banning/kicking is worth 1 Strike.
- Breaking rules; for example swearing. 2 Strikes. (This is worth 2 because mods are role models and shouldn't cause drama or trick the rules)

More rules may be added at a later time, but those are the basics for now

If a moderator gets 3 strikes, they will be reviewed by all 3 OldCP administrators and possibly demoted.

This shouldn't make anyone mad, because if you followed the rules it wouldn't be a problem anyways.

If you have any questions please drop a reply below, or DM me on Discord @ Abushekaus#2996

Thank you!

Thanks, Abu. Hopefully this will make sure we have responsible moderators. I'm glad this is coming back, it'll do well to the community.

I agree thanks for the reminder Abu

i hope some particular mods read this.

shouldn't harassment be a strike too? maybe if its too much. but anyway, this is good.

I like the idea of this system, I just hope the activity expectancy isn't too high

Naii wrote on 2nd February 2019, 10:29 AM:

i hope some particular mods read this.
shouldn't harassment be a strike too? maybe if its too much.

Yes, that would go under the breaking the rules category worth 2 strikes.

What if a mod ignores someone being harassed and when they ask for help the mod refuses to because it's their friend but instead jumps in with the harassers?

BeanOffical wrote on 2nd February 2019, 10:36 AM:

What if a mod ignores someone being harassed and when they ask for help the mod refuses to because it's their friend but instead jumps in with the harassers?

This would go along with breaking the rules. Mods should do their job over relationships, if that becomes a problem then we can handle it as well. There could be 1 million what ifs

this will apply to everyone with the moderator rank right? even if they have another rank? because if they "earned" it then they should follow these guidelines as well

Sleddy wrote on 2nd February 2019, 11:18 AM:

this will apply to everyone with the moderator rank right? even if they have another rank? because if they "earned" it then they should follow these guidelines as well

Anyone who has the job of moderating, yes. If they are rank 3 without the title moderator, and they do something like detective inspector, I’d hope they don’t break the rules but yes I think that this rule will apply to all rank 3’ s (they could ban or kick unfairly)

Finally. Thanks Abu

I'm really glad to see this system returning! When we had this before, no one really kept track of the strikes or paid much attention to it. I do have a few questions though.

1. Will I, as the head mod, be able to give strikes to moderators if they break these rules?
2. Will the strikes "expire" after a certain amount of time? If so, how long? Whenever Damen did it, he said each strike would expire after 6 months.

That's all I have to ask. Thanks for bringing this back! I hope we can make some improvements upon the staff team with this!

Naii wrote on 2nd February 2019, 10:29 AM:

i hope some particular mods read this.
shouldn't harassment be a strike too? maybe if its too much. but anyway, this is good.

To be fair naii you tend to annoy people un purpose

for the time rule how much time is expected per week

BlueLights wrote on 2nd February 2019, 12:09 PM:

I'm really glad to see this system returning! When we had this before, no one really kept track of the strikes or paid much attention to it. I do have a few questions though.
1. Will I, as the head mod, be able to give strikes to moderators if they break these rules?
2. Will the strikes "expire" after a certain amount of time? If so, how long? Whenever Damen did it, he said each strike would expire after 6 months.
That's all I have to ask. Thanks for bringing this back! I hope we can make some improvements upon the staff team with this!

1. Yes, just notify Chelsey or I whenever you issue a strike. You are tre ONLY mod that will have this capability.

2. 6 months sounds good.