Judicial Squad

[Zerobanshee]

Here is an idea i've been brewing lately. A few select members of blizzsector could be upgraded into what could be known as a judicial squad member, which could be thought of as an online attorney or judge. and what the squad does is when they are given a complaint about a subject, such as an infraction, they examine the "case" the member might have, and if they find a fault in the "verdict", they present it to the other moderators, who can reverse the infraction. or if they find that a ban or infraction was unneccessary or overextreme, they could present the idea so the others can remake the decision.
Basically the Judicial Squad cannot ban or infract members, they just make sure that a moderator wasn't too judgemental about a decision or made an unfair choice. Sorry that my idea was all stumbled around. confused:

[bigdeath]

Sounds reasonable.

[Blue]

I think you should just live with the warning or ban. No offense, but it isnt that big of deal. Besides, smods may feel you need a break and just ban you.

[jedimaster86]

Heh, the first thing that came into my mind was that someone would proclaim that we then need a judicial squad to make sure that the Judicial Squad's conclusion was correct.

While it's cool that you thought of the idea, I think I'd have to go with "eh" on the idea. I think [most] of the time we come up with a fair conclusion, and if there is something that we chose that was way out of whack, there are already 15 members that make a thread and proclaim our mistake, in which case staff tries to handle the situation in the best way possible to come up with a better solution (or defend our solution already made).

If you get or see a ban/infraction that seems out of line, feel free to PM the modererator who either committed the offense, or PM basically any mod, because if it is serious enough it'll be discussed and hopefully a peaceful solution will be made.

[Zerobanshee]

lol, i wasnt infracted or banned {yet}, but i figured this might have been a decent idea to balance out what the moderators and super moderators do. I figured you guys probably have a lot on your plates {not now, because of the dead situation we are in}, and it was just an idea. I wasn't trying to limit the idea to just bans and infractions, they could also help out with eliminating old threads, moving threads into their correct locations, basically whatever the staff of blizzsector feels like is necessary.

[Pamela]

I was wrong..all Supermods

do not have the ability to physically remove a thread.

Please THINK about what you want removed and post here.
I will take care of it.
Most threads and posts just need to be left alone.

If you feel ABSOLUTELY...a thread needs to be gone...post here and I will attend to it....deal?

Nothing should really be deleted unless its spam etc.

Hence why i removed mods from being able to perm-delete. Some were deleting masses of threads some with 500+ replys that would have been better left.

This is why we do not just arbitrarily delete old posts. Most posts or threads are a soft delete only,and can still be viewed. Spit also has the site set up in such a manner,that time moves old threads into the Archives.

In the past the Mod of a particular section,had as his/her responsibility... the task of closing,or archiving old threads manualy.

The suggestion was not without merit,and members could possibly nominate,and elect a group of select members,that other members could turn to for the purpose of objectively investigating a matter of contention.

The result of this would be to PM a Mod or,an S Mod,to present the specific conclusion the Judicial Member Panel has decided among themselves. This,of course, would require The Judicial Panel to justify their conclusion with facts,as well as thoughts on the case presented.

Jedi is correct in thinking others would want to assess and debate the agreed upon findings of said Panel.

Welcome to the choices we make everyday as Mods,being scrutinized,and your decisions questioned,by someone else,that thinks that they could have handled it much better than YOU did.

I actually like this idea of giving members more responsibility over the decision making on the Forum.

So why dont we try this? Start a thread outlining what The Judicial Member Panel will be responsible for? All useful...ok let's chant this a few times..USEFUL suggestions on that will be debated in the thread.

Once you decide how the Panel will work ,another thread will follow for SOLEY nominations.

When nominating,give reasons you choose this individual,and YES, you MAY nominate yourself. Every Panel,or Board for a Corporation has a chairman.
This will be whoever you all decide upon ,and your liason to the Staff. A Spokesman if you will.

I can not increase the powers of the Panel,but once elected,they themselves should change their title to something reflecting that they are on the Panel.

All Panel decisions will be taken seriously and either adopted by,or refined by the Staff. To be presented BACK to the Chairman,for further discussion.
While only Panel Members will have this responsibility,they should also listen to all member input.

Does this sound fair? Did you guys want to try this?

[Fuggle]

I am the Judicial Squad baby. Ain't nothin' getting past me.

[hellsing293]

In my opinion, the site is too dead to actually matter. BZS just isn't going very strong nowadays, so change like that would be a lot of work for nothing really.

[Zerobanshee]

wow, Pamela, that was basically what i was brainstorming. I love the idea where the Judicial Squad Panel doesnt have extra benefits, such as mod status or anything, and i second the thread start outline for what the Judicial Squad would do. ^^.

[Tap]

if a mod makes a decision that deserves a 2nd look. perhaps they shouldnt be a mod anymore. I have no doubt in my mind that the current mods make the right decision 99.9% of the time. and if we dont? another mod steps in to notify us of this
we are our own judicial squad
some of the most reasonable people on this site are mods
why leave the decision up anyone else?