Kyrin Wyldstar wrote: ..... There were no wholesale deletions. The mods here now are pathetic.
Yea there were. Maybe not for you, I dunno and I'm not going to check that far back....but I've had more 'conversations' with you about rephrasing things without the offensive language then any other member here, and you've had repeated warnings and selective edits from me alone.
If you keep being told your doing wrong thing and are advised how to avoid it, but keep doing it, then its perfectly acceptable to expect different manners of redress. Either you follow the rules or the rules change. Enforcement of the rules varies between the spirit and the letter - to educate about the rules and how to follow them, but then changes to enforce them if someone proves they are intent on breaking them. That is how I remember Jestor telling me how to do it anyway.... Also, its Jestor, not jester FYI.
So my application as Mod was to start moderating someone easy, and get a bit harsher the more they repeated the same breach. So if the question is about whether that sort of language is acceptable, its already in the rules, the first one in the abridged list in the FAQ says;
1. Please use respectful language, do not be abusive and swear only where appropriate.
I'd argue that what is appropriate from that sentence is defined by being respectful and not abusive. Name calling is not respectful, is abusive, and therefore not appropriate. But breaking the rules over and over and then complaining about the resultant actions by moderators is certainly an unusual way to start a discussion about moderation, if that is your intent, or is it just a whinge, either way please do not derail threads with your own grievances.
