Abuse Of The Display Name Change Facility

[threegee]

I'm getting a little bit sick of requests to sort people out who've changed their display name and then find that they have used up all their lives. This isn't what the facility is there for. It's for a properly considered change - to save work not add to it.

Don't change your display name to deceive or to joke:

So due to abuse the change display name is now limited to one change per month. If you change your display name you will be stuck with it. So think about it BEFORE you do it, else you'll have to live with it for a month.

Display names with 0's and 1's designed to be mistaken for O and l; 4 for A etc. etc., and all the other ancient tricks, will be edited to avoid the intended or unintended confusion.

Multiple Registrations:

People who have made multiple registrations without a damn good excuse will have the most recent registrations trashed without any notice. Any warnings attached to those most recent registrations will be added to the original one. This particularly goes for those who have been warned in the past and promised to stay within the rules - their rolled-up warnings will be doubled!

Moderator Warnings:

Ten warning points and you are out - permanently! Don't test the system! But ALL warning points will be removed after a 90 day period with no warnings.

Don't argue with the Referee:

Abuse of the moderators will incur double warnings from me, and don't even JOKE about physical threats! Not only will you not be flying today, but you may find yourself subject to a lot more attention than you bargained for. The small town thing works both ways!

The risks of sharing your connection or your computer:

People sharing the same wireless router or computer risk getting their friends trashed too - or even their ISP contacted and advised of misuse. If someone is innocently trashed in this way we will need a lot more than an email request to sort. If you decide to allow your computer or wireless router to be shared with someone else, then it's up to YOU to decide if it's someone you trust.

Pre-moderation of posts:

Pre-moderation of posts will be imposed at the moderators sole assessment of the likelihood of future bad behaviour. It will apply to all people using the same IP or having used the same IP in the past. It will expire in its own good time and won't be adjusted on request. Don't waste the moderator's or administrator's time complaining.

The moderators are admins are giving their time freely to help our local community. They deserve to be helped not hindered. Their decisions are final. Referees don't always make the right call, but for the game to go on everyone must respect those decisions, and the simple fact that they were made in good faith.

Those are the new ADDITIONS to the rules, period! So don't throw your dummy out of the pram; no one will bother to pick it up and wipe it off for you!