#ubuntu banlist

[José Antonio Rey]

Hey,

Even though I am not an op, I would like to pitch in a couple
suggestions for discussion.

I understand that the banlist is set to be able to host more bans than
usually. But this should not be a factor why every disruptive user
should get banned - as we have seen now the banlist may get full at any
time, preventing ops from setting further bans.

Is using +q an option instead of a ban? I, personally, believe that a +q
would be enough in some of the cases where I have seen a ban in place.
This would also be a more polite way of saying 'Please, stop being
disruptive' after trying to be a catalyst, and after the +q the ban
could be set if necessary.

What do you think?

On 11/18/2014 01:21 AM, Robert Wall wrote:
> Hello folks,
> 
> The banlist in #ubuntu is getting rather full. If you're an #ubuntu
> op, please take some time to look in Bantracker *as soon as possible*
> at the list of bans and quiets you have set. Please clean up any that
> do not need to be set, and comment any that do. I have provided
> details in #ubuntu-ops-team, and can provide assistance with BT
> searching and other such things by email or in PM if needed (or ask in
> #ubuntu-ops-team if you'd prefer).
> 
> While the banlist is not yet full, it is important that you look into
> this *as soon as possible* to avoid us hitting limits.
> 
> As a reminder, the current total maximum number of bans, quiets,
> ban-exempts, and invexes we can have set is 500 (this is increased
> from the normal limit of 100, and we have way more bans set than most
> channels our size). That we are hitting 500 bans (and not for the
> first time) reflects badly on our banlist management skills, and is a
> problem that needs to be fixed.
> 
> Once you're done cleaning up, I would like us to consider methods of
> avoiding this situation in the future that do not include "one or two
> ops get fed up of the banlist being almost full and spend hours
> aggressively pruning it by themselves".
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Robert
> 

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José Antonio Rey