Thread:Sakaros/@comment-1998339-20191228124525/@comment-104549-20191228231429

Ah, you know just what to say to set my litigious heart a-thumping.

Since the language allows either interpretation credibly, in the interest of alleviating a few headaches for the admin team, I'm going to concur with your reading that the policy only requires one warning. That said, remember that, if you want harsher consequences to be imposed, the Blocking Policy requires at least two warnings.

My general practice has been:
 * 1) User violates.
 * 2) I warn once.
 * 3) I delete.
 * 4) User violates again
 * 5) I warn again.
 * 6) I delete and notify there will be no more warnings, just summary deletion.
 * 7) User violates again.
 * 8) I delete without notice.
 * 9) Repeat as needed.

When "repeat as needed" happens too often, that's when I start considering Blocking Policy sanctions. The Image Policy is a little different, in that it's a little complex and violations don't (usually) directly harm other users, so violations can often be policed by summary deletion alone. But if there are extenuating circumstances, or if it's so repetitious it's obvious the user doesn't care about the Policy, then I have the two warnings in the bank for whenever I decide to drop a block.