FAO MH - re: Melchiades

[Mike Haven]

Whether or not my ban was ridiculous, because Melchiades "doesn't seem like the kind of guy to lie"; claims "he was spammed by welcome2theparty"; and claims he "isn't even an affil", you broke two of the much discussed fundamental rules of being a moderator :-

you unbanned someone without discussing it first with the banning mod or Mat or Ryan;

and you also deleted Notes made by another mod.

You also took action on an account and didn't leave any Notes yourself. (Posts in the mods' forum do not take the place of Notes, because many current mods don't read all the posts here, and most future mods won't read all the existing posts here.)

At this point, I am in no way arguing the merits or otherwise of the ban I made. I may or may not have made a bad decision. It may or may not have been the worst ban decision of all time.

However, your actions leave a great deal to be desired, and your asking what is wrong with effecting the unbanning, for any reason, and your totally indifferent deletion of existing Mod Notes, rather than your adding to them, should be a serious concern to all.

If you had deleted a * "because he didn't seem like a guy who should have one", I can only imagine the irritation caused to the OOT mods.