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"Pinkies - have your say"

The notion is that a new 'label' is given to people who cause concern on the forums.

Basically they are shown a pink warning card - that's in between yellow and red - and following this they are a "Pinkie" for a specified period of time.

Their name of course turns to pink.

Ladies and Gennelmen - it's YOOOOUUUR CALL, YUURE CHOICE.

(why thanks Hughie, but what happened to Murray Walker)

Goatboy wrote:
> My opinion, for what it's worth:

This will cause more problems
> that the whole regular/newbie/notable thing.
Why single people out
> for harassment?
Why not just email them and ask them
> politely?

This "colouring" of someone is akin to
> tarring and feathering, un-necessary and will cause that person to
> recieve unwarranted abuse and derision.

Not an atmosphere I wish
> to be a part of.

I'm in total agreement, the thing about pinkies is that some people are actually going to go all out to be the first one, and then all their mates are going to want to be pinkies too. But that's the teenage rebel mindset for you.

I'm against it, just a friendly email pointing out the error of their ways from an admin. would do the trick. If it doesn't, ban them.

Sheepy: Indifferent

Pinkied...

hmmm? What kind of a word is that for tagging onto someone when they have done something wrong?

I'd just like to say, I hate the term 'pinkied', it almost sounds nice.

It depends what you are 'pinkying' them for though, doesn't it?

If it's for bad langauge, then yes, it's better than banning them, and lets them know they've done something wrong.

But I can see lots of people complaining about being 'pinkied' for what they see as no good reason.

Goatboy wrote:
> I like that idea a lot,

I'm full of good ideas, I am an untapped wealth of knowledge...

:)

Slaveunit wrote:
If people see the under caution tagline, they would be
> able to click on their stats to bring up the official reason for the
> caution.

I like that idea a lot, doesn't mark people out for direct abuse.

Singling them out isnt really the n=best option, it would start loads of "So what did you do to get pinked" and the like, and then people might try and get that kind of recognition.

Others have said this, but why not change their tagline or status (new/reg) to "Under Caution", and stop them contributing to their word and post count for a certain duration.

If people see the under caution tagline, they would be able to click on their stats to bring up the official reason for the caution.

How do you get a pinkie?

Can I have a Brain as well with that?

yeah!

a "pinkie" eh?

Well what about the cartoon Pinkie and the brain, Pinkie was the best character methinks! :D

Maybe a really bright pink though so it stands out like a sore thumb! You know the sort of brightness of a JAT's name.