And of course, being deliberately obnoxious is the best way to get people to have fun...

Hippy.

Still partial to trim the fat from the present rules; make them simpler and clearer, and get rid of those that are unnecessary or already covered by another rule.

I would prefer to have rules that are easier to follow and to act upon than to have to babysit the babysitters that babysit the babysitters that are babysitting the babysitters in the first place.

It would be less stressful for everybody.

Indeed it would be and is something that believe me, is getting reviewed.

By the way, thanks for giving constructive criticism and suggestions. It's very appreciated.

Actually it's a little more fun now, so I guess it is.

I don't think a mod warning system is going to be useful. Things shouldn't be made any more complicated than they have to be.

I agree that modifying rules (such as controversy, spamming, pointless topics, trolling...) to make them clearer would be better. It isn't a problem of anyone having a 'vendetta' against others; it's just different views on how to carry out/enforce rules.

Even when they're consistently wrong on how they enforce the rules?

There always will be human errors, although with better tools and practical experience the number and significance of said mistakes can be lessened.

And by the way, the "errors" we're talking about here are pretty tame keeping the whole lot of possibilities in mind. Which doesn't mean they shouldn't be dealt with, though. Was just stating the obvious, kinda.

We have a wrongdoing (three actually). We have a motive. I dunno, it just adds up to me. What's the coincidence that someone makes three mistakes in such a short period time involving the same person?

And if this person is so error prone, why are they on staff?

Depends on what the person found on the receiving end is doing, also mostly. Also on how it's being done, when and why.

As far as mod statistics go, I haven't really been enough to notice consistent misdoing on the staff's side. Then again, I am not around too much.

I think we should be able to impeach the useless ones.