Rustovitch wrote:From my experience on other forums the most vociferous proponents of such transparency are more often than not simply trying to gain glory by causing trouble. I am not sure that is the case here, but the result of this will be endless threads debating every tiny detail of every displinary action resulting in endless flames and nonsense.
In any case what would be the policy should an offence relate to private and confidential matters?
Everything in CC, except pms is public. Even clans and special forums are open to a large number of people.
If someone is making threats to others via pm, that is something worth knowing. (in my experience most of the biggest jerks are also multis, but that may be cooincidence) We don't need to know what was said, but "made threats" is enough.
If someone has it out with admin, then yes, I would say it could be private. Saying "confict with admin" is enough. Sure, people might wish to know more, but it really does not help make the site more amenable.
If someone's violation was releasing private information, then again, no one really needs to know the specific
details. Just knowing that player a released another player's private information is enough, though it might be worth adding (with/without player's permission).
Why would we need this information? It goes beyond curiosity. If I know someone has already released someone else's personnal information, I might take extra care and might take any threat regarding release of something I have said or such more seriously. That is, we all should remember that no matter how many games we play, we really don't "know" the people here. (with a few exceptions).
In regards to forums, its hard to have a conversation with someone and then Poof! they are gone. If we at least know whether they are gone for a day, a week or "for good", then we can know if we shouls sort of put discussions on hold or just let things drop completely. At a minimum, it will minimize the "hey, why haven't you responded?" posts.
Being able to track threads that yielded discipline might help some people understand what is and is not acceptable.
