I have been intending to do this for awhile. Writing a growing list of rules into the OP of each self-moderated thread is growing tiresome; and it is unmaintainable. It is better to create one reference to link.
Current Ban List (last updated 2020-11-24)
If your name is here, do not post on any of my self-moderated threads (unless it is a Reputation accusation thread against you):
Vispilio, peloso, OgNasty*, suchmoon*, cryptohunter and his known or suspected alts, Timelord2067, KingScorpio, Hyena, nutildah*.
Note: There is no appeal to this decision; and this hereby thread is not an “accusation thread”. If your name is on this list, do not post on this thread!
* Liberals banned for deleting from a self-moderated thread either (a) my response to an accusation thread against me, or (b) an on-topic, reasonably civil post by me in Politics & Society.
Rules
0. Exception to these rules: If I raise an accusation on a self-moderated Reputation thread, then the accused shall always be accorded a fair and reasonable right of reply. The qualifier is only a precaution against the possibility of a troll using troll tactics to attempt to derail a thread. I will always err to the side of letting the accused speak on his own behalf. I think that my record speaks for me here, insofar as I have opened a number of self-moderated accusations, and never yet deleted a post by the accused—even posts that were personally insulting, or even defamatory towards me.
1. My self-moderated threads are moderated at my sound discretion. I reserve the right to exercise authoritarian control over them (which I always say, but I never seem to do...).
2. Subject to #1 above and #3 below, I do not generally wield self-moderation on the basis simply of personal dislike for the author of a post. (If I did, then the majority of all “people” would be forbidden from my self-moderated threads.) Thus, even if you have had an argument with me, you should not be worried that I would axe your hard work if you make what (in my judgment) is a thoughtful, on-topic, reasonably civil post on one of my self-moderated threads.
3. If, simply from personal dislike for me, you ever delete from one of your self-moderated threads a post by me that is on-topic and reasonably civil, then subject to the above-stated exception, you shall be categorically permabanned from my self-moderated threads. This ban may be applied retroactively, at my discretion.
This list of rules will be edited.
This thread is not really intended for discussion.