IRC rules

[magic mountain]

I'm just gonna go ahead and paste this IRC log because it really captures how I feel about this entire situation.

<drsingh> the issue in general is that "problem" people aren't usually problems at all
<drsingh> they're just people and a vast majority of them will happily cease to be a problem if given a chance
<drsingh> the problem is admins immediately writing people off as second class citizens for crossing certain lines
<drsingh> and ceasing to treat them respectfully
<drsingh> if admins just treated everyone with respect regardless of the circumstance
<drsingh> the truly shit people would continue to bury themselves
<drsingh> and the regular people would be treated respectfully
<drsingh> thats the goal we're all striving toward, i think

Whatever we end up with as the final literal wording of the rules I would hope it's in line with this. Oh, and also

<drsingh> it wouldn't be a bad thing to write up a guide for new admins
<drsingh> we've all pretty much just been dumped in the deep end and worked it out but a guide couldn't hurt
<drsingh> or like a mission statement
<drsingh> "treat players with respect regardless of their history or actions and try to guide everyone to playing constructively"