Board Thread:Moderation Desk/@comment-644222-20150815034345/@comment-7263041-20150815214330

I have to agree with the anon-poster, and really this policy being implemented is what caused me to log back in to the wiki after such a long absence.

While I agree with the idea of this policy, and totally agree that the admins should not tolerate racism and hate, that authority should only extend to what is put on the wiki. And that's totally okay, if someone jumps in here and creates a racist tirade, or vagueposts about being racist, then without a doubt there should be a punishment for that.

But to punish someone for something they said outside of the wiki, that goes a bit far in my book. I am not a friend of Stromheart, I think he's a clown honestly, but even I think banning him from this wiki, for something that was said in skype is uncalled for. Especially since he would never have been banned in the first place, if someone didn't air that conversation on the MG forums, because I highly doubt that the conversation in question was a recent one.

And really, it's a slippery slope even if it's being run on a case by case basis. Who determines what is ban worthy? Who determines legitimacy? How can we be sure that people haven't just fabricated information (and no I am not implying that the conversation posted on the MG forums was fabricated) in order to get someone banned?

I applaud the policy for the simple idea that it keeps hate speech and the like off this wiki, but no one should be banned for what has been said on another website or service, only for what they do here.