Can we dial back the moderation a bit, mods?

[Alhanelem]

The moderation is fine as it is.

And nice post, Jhanaka. =)

Not triyng to say it's defective. This is a minor issue, not a scolding for a terrible job. An issue which has been resopnded to in a pretty amazing way. It looks like good things will come of this.

So does a thread lock auto ban you on first offense?

You don't get banned for having a thread locked. The most that will probably happen is you might get an automated messsage informing you of moderator action that was taken.

[Hycinthus]

Not triyng to say it's defective. This is a minor issue, not a scolding for a terrible job. An issue which has been resopnded to in a pretty amazing way. It looks like good things will come of this.

You don't get banned for having a thread locked. The most that will probably happen is you might get an automated messsage informing you of moderator action that was taken.

This is incorrect slightly.
I was banned for 3 hours for that Vanarch thread, because I mentioned another game in the thread.

[ArkNova]

This is incorrect slightly.
I was banned for 3 hours for that Vanarch thread, because I mentioned another game in the thread.

I think it came down to how it was worded. It could be reworded in a way that it probably wouldn't get banned but at that point the community already knows where you got the idea from so it would be flamed until it got so hostile that a GM would have to lock it.