The Problem I ran into with "Infractions"

If you want to warn someone, you can do so via PM as well. In fact, PMs pop out more to people seeing as the default is having PMs come up in pop-up messages...

 

[FeCoola]

It is simply common sense? The rule was made for a reason - what if the scam reports were found to be invalid or the member not guilty?

Please place a link to your proof alongside your claim. That's it. Period.

Exactly whatever happened to innocent before proven guilty?

 

[RSCM]

He was proven guilty before the post was even created..Not to mention the constant PM harassment Ranked Player gave me, in wich no one adressed once reported..

 

[Jimmy]

I disagree, not that my opinion matters, but the rules say,

"Accusing Someone of Scamming: without proof (text logs DO NOT COUNT AS PROOF)"

The rules don't say anything about the proof needing to be in the same topic as the accusation. Think of this situation logically for a second, the guy knew the other was a scammer, he and someone else posted a scam report on him, then he went to warn other members that he was a scammer, and he gets punished?

It's implied. If I have the evidence of a scam sitting on my harddrive, but I haven't taken the time to file a report, I cannot accuse him. Simple as that.

I can understand the mistake, Kero didn't know that he had posted a scam report and that there was proof, the dude ended up getting banned after all.

It wasn't a mistake.

Why should a member be punished for trying to help the community whilst being within the rules?

You weren't within the rules.

I mean come on, think of it if you were in his shoes, and you were just trying to help out the community and had this happen. This just seems really ridiculous to me, I don't even know the OP.

Infractions are just warnings not to continue some specific type of behavioral. The OP need not accuse people of being scammers without proof.

Exactly whatever happened to innocent before proven guilty?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presumption_of_innocence

 

[FireZ]

Follow the rules and provide a link w/proof or get infracted, its your choice. Period.