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As many of you may know, recently our chat moderator ALRF was banned across Fandom, and was even more recently unbanned. For those of you unaware, ALRF was banned for uploading "Offensive Content" in the form of a screenshot containing homophobic slurs, which ALRF only uploaded to report the person saying the slurs. Here's the full quote:
You [ALRF] were banned for uploading a screenshot with very offensive homophobic slurs on it. I realize that you uploaded it to show someone else's behaviour, but you are responsible for any content you add to the wiki. You were blocked for a month, but I'm willing to remove the block if you assure me that you won't upload similar content in the future. Regards,
This is obviously a pretty big development.
Since posting evidence of wrong-doing in the forums, or more importantly the chat (given the lack of formal logging) is key in reporting and banning trolls or unsavory folks may be against the rules if whatever they're doing is deemed "offensive", I contacted Fandom about the issue. The long and short of it is this: We're allowed to upload the evidence to third party sites (Imgur, Gyazo, Lightshot, etc), just not to Wikia itself. Here's the full reply:
Thanks for contact FANDOM. To investigate this further: what is the name of the banned moderator, and who (if you know) banned them? We don't normally accept screenshots as evidence of activity, but also don't generally accept offensive uploads. Third-party sites may be acceptable under local rules, but without knowing a bit more it's a bit harder to know the full situation.
Thanks!
TL;DR: When you want to post a screenshot of someones bad behavior, you must upload it to Imgur, Gyazo, Lightshot or any third party site of your choosing, you cannot upload it directly here as that may be in violation of global Fandom rules, thus risking a global ban. This also goes for other things Fandom may consider risqué and offensive. Thank you all for your time.
You [ALRF] were banned for uploading a screenshot with very offensive homophobic slurs on it. I realize that you uploaded it to show someone else's behaviour, but you are responsible for any content you add to the wiki. You were blocked for a month, but I'm willing to remove the block if you assure me that you won't upload similar content in the future. Regards,
This is obviously a pretty big development.
Since posting evidence of wrong-doing in the forums, or more importantly the chat (given the lack of formal logging) is key in reporting and banning trolls or unsavory folks may be against the rules if whatever they're doing is deemed "offensive", I contacted Fandom about the issue. The long and short of it is this: We're allowed to upload the evidence to third party sites (Imgur, Gyazo, Lightshot, etc), just not to Wikia itself. Here's the full reply:
Thanks for contact FANDOM. To investigate this further: what is the name of the banned moderator, and who (if you know) banned them? We don't normally accept screenshots as evidence of activity, but also don't generally accept offensive uploads. Third-party sites may be acceptable under local rules, but without knowing a bit more it's a bit harder to know the full situation.
Thanks!
TL;DR: When you want to post a screenshot of someones bad behavior, you must upload it to Imgur, Gyazo, Lightshot or any third party site of your choosing, you cannot upload it directly here as that may be in violation of global Fandom rules, thus risking a global ban. This also goes for other things Fandom may consider risqué and offensive. Thank you all for your time.
