What types of "moderator action" can be appealed?

[94000130 FFF70000]

For example, can a moderator threadlock be appealed even if no infraction was involved? The rules only specify how to appeal infractions, temp bans, and permanent bans, but they say that "moderator action" can be appealed, so I'm not sure where a threadlock falls in that category.

 

[tacobowl8]

You can definitely appeal pretty much all moderator action, including your example of a threadlock. All accounts should have access to the Appeals forum, which is where you would make a thread and make your case.

 

[Canadian Leprechaun]

Is this about the internet censorship thread?

Because that really seemed more like hysterical doomposting than an articulate argument about a possibly real and present danger.

 

[94000130 FFF70000]

i couldn't exactly make an articulate argument without violating the no-politics rule.

 

[Guardian Box]

i couldn't exactly make an articulate argument without violating the no-politics rule.

Click to shrink...

If I had to guess, I suppose if you can't make an argument without breaking the no-politics rule, you probably shouldn't make that argument in the first place.

 

[tacobowl8]

I will say that the appeals forum is mostly there so you can make your case, and as such, is much more in line with what we use for PMs (be civil, don't do illegal stuff), so at a high level we wouldn't smack you for appealing using Rule 8 content as part of your argument. Nuance of course is there, but as long as you are civil, you should be fine.

 

[Megaolix]

Appealing a threadlock is, huh...

Last I saw, those that get locked are either problematic enough they needed it or keep being necroed. If you truly want to ask us to reopen one such thread, I do hope you understand your argument will need to be really good for us to consider it.