I have just a few things to say. Okay, maybe more. Here goes.
First off, I voted 'Yes'. Even though I can see my own warning, and everyone else's, I remembered when cmonkey enabled it. I thought it was a great idea; it could prevent many people from being banned and make the forums a lot cleaner...because many members don't realize what they're doing wrong.
Then it was taken away. Wanna know why? It was because someone started a thread complaining. They looked at their warnings and the descriptions. Some said "Retard" or some other random insult. A few select members were outraged that the Mods "degraded" them like that.
I didn't really understand this. The warnings were never meant to be shown to anyone besides the Mods. Usually, the Mods just enter a reason-- when warning someone, you have to enter something, and they usually made it short to get on with it. There's not much of a point in making a long, elaborate speech when the only people seeing the warnings are the Mods.
The Moderators did NOT abuse the warning bar-- the members abused the right to view the warning bar. I can understand why cmonkey took it away. It caused more harm than it did good, thanks to a few idiots.
But, I think that it's a good idea that if cmonkey does bring it back, then he should delete the warnings, so people don't go freaking out again. If cmonkey does this, then I believe that the Mods and Admins should give reasons for giving out a warning, such as "Spamming" or "Flaming".
That's all for now.
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