Who decides who gets banned?
The list administrator is the only person who decides who gets banned. Input from other list members who voice their concerns is taken into consideration when making the decision. • 3.21 What type of behaviour would cause someone to get banned? There are several ways to be banned, however, there is no way to describe all potential circumstances that would lead to this. Obvious examples of actions leading to banning are swearing and flaming anyone (meaning people on and off the list, the band themselves, etc.). A listee’s best bet is to think before sending out a post, in order to be sure they won’t regret it later. 90% of the time, an on or off list warning would be given by the list admin. to the offender, in order to give them a heads up that this type of behaviour will not be tolerated on the April Wine Discussion List. Remember, the list was created to discuss all aspects of April Wine and any of their offshoot bands. Sometimes, if the listee re-offends, they may be suspended and s