How do you 'receive' an infraction?

[Bigbrotherin]

:confused:

[Harry!]

If a mod sees a post that you have done bad in

[Mrluvaluva]

Insult somebody.

[Jack_]

If you break a rule, you'll generally receive an infraction.

[Braden]

Many different things, from making duplicate accounts to calling someone a fat ****ing ****.

[Bigbrotherin]

No, that's not what I mean guys. An infraction is the act of committing a misdemeanor, how can you receive a misdemeanor? It just doesn't make sense.

[Stacey.]

for insulting and stuff.
in my case 'ignorant point of view'
and 'taking obsession too far'

but yeah.

[Braden]

No, that's not what I mean guys. An infraction is the act of committing a misdemeanor, how can you receive a misdemeanor? It just doesn't make sense.

urmm,press f5?

[Bigbrotherin]

for insulting and stuff.
in my case 'ignorant point of view'
and 'taking obsession too far'

but yeah.

Again, I don't mean how do you get mods to give you one, read above.

[Stacey.]

oh, go to your private messages i think.

[Bigbrotherin]

oh, go to your private messages i think.

What I mean is, an infraction is not a punishment, it is an act that provokes a punishment.

[Lewis.]

How do you see your infractions?

[Braden]

What I mean is, an infraction is not a punishment, it is an act that provokes a punishment.

I suppose it does provoke it, but it mainly leads up to you getting a ban by how many you get.

[Bigbrotherin]

How do you see your infractions?

Your user CP.

Anyway, what I'm getting at is the use of the term on this forum is incorrect.

[Braden]

Your user CP.

Anyway, what I'm getting at is the use of the term on this forum is incorrect.

Speak to Mark,James or Kaz about it then.

[Lewis.]

Where abouts in your user CP? :)

[Bigbrotherin]

I suppose it does provoke it, but it mainly leads up to you getting a ban by how many you get.

:rolleyes:

Not in terms of the forum, in terms of the word itself. The word infraction means misdemeanor, not punishment.

[Bigbrotherin]

Where abouts in your user CP? :)

The front page of the User CP, it won't show if you've never received one.

[Braden]

:rolleyes:

Not in terms of the forum, in terms of the word itself. The word infraction means misdemeanor, not punishment.

Oh well, it hasn't bothered anyone until now.

You should really speak to an admin about this,maybe they'll explain better.

[Stacey.]

youre too hard to understand lmao.

[Lewis.]

Oh cool.. Never received one then ;)

[Stacey.]

Im pleased they expire :D or i would be in the **** lol

[Patrick]

If James is online.

[Stacey.]

mods can give them out too

[Bigbrotherin]

Speak to Mark,James or Kaz about it then.

It doesn't bother me, just humours me slightly.

[Braden]

It doesn't bother me, just humours me slightly.

Oh.Okay,maybe you shouldn't of enlightend us with your sense of humor and made a thread on the topic then :p

[Bigbrotherin]

Oh well, it hasn't bothered anyone until now.

You should really speak to an admin about this,maybe they'll explain better.

There's nothing to explain, whoever chose that terminology didn't understand it.

youre too hard to understand lmao.

As is your grasp of punctuation.

mods can give them out too

What does that have to do with this topic?

[Stacey.]

As is your grasp of punctuation.



What does that have to do with this topic?

:conf:

i cant type how i want thanks.
i know how to, but choose not to.

[GypsyGoth]

The dictionary definition is not up to date. It will catch up eventually.

[Bigbrotherin]

Oh.Okay,maybe you shouldn't of enlightend us with your sense of humor and made a thread on the topic then :p

Doesn't everyone find mistakes funny? Perhaps it's just a geek thing.

Though this topic wasn't to enlighten anyone, just to point out what appears to be a mistake.

[Bigbrotherin]

:conf:

i cant type how i want thanks.
i know how to, but choose not to.

And I can post what I want, within reason obviously.

[Stacey.]

And I can post what I want, within reason obviously.

Did i say you couldnt?

no.

[Bigbrotherin]

The dictionary definition is not up to date. It will catch up eventually.

Catch up with what? It hasn't changed.

[Bigbrotherin]

Did i say you couldnt?

no.

Nope, just as I didn't say you couldn't not punctuate.

Before someone points out my mistake, the double negative, it was deliberate.

[GypsyGoth]

Catch up with what? It hasn't changed.

Catch up with how the word is being used.

[Stacey.]

Nope, just as I didn't say you couldn't not punctuate.

Before someone points out my mistake, the double negative, it was deliberate.

:conf: ok, youve lost me.

[Bigbrotherin]

Catch up with how the word is being used.

As far as I'm aware infraction is only used to mean penalty in some US states and it usually refers to parking offenses.

[Bigbrotherin]

:conf: ok, youve lost me.

I'm not going to explain.

[Twilight]

Who cares

[Braden]

Doesn't everyone find mistakes funny? Perhaps it's just a geek thing.

Though this topic wasn't to enlighten anyone, just to point out what appears to be a mistake.

No, I don't think it was to enlighten anyone either, I think i'm good with sarcasm.

[Bigbrotherin]

Who cares

The admins obviously or they wouldn't have forums for feedback.

[Twilight]

I don't get why you care about the meaning of it so much.

[Stacey.]

I'm not going to explain.

alriiiiight.

[GypsyGoth]

As far as I'm aware infraction is only used to mean penalty in some US states and it usually refers to parking offenses.

No "infraction" also means "penalty" on this forum.

[Bigbrotherin]

No, I don't think it was to enlighten anyone either, I think i'm good with sarcasm.

Sarcasm doesn't work on the internet, well, unless in video form.

[Bigbrotherin]

No "infraction" also means "penalty" on this forum.

Yes, I know, but dictionaries aren't updated according to how TIBB defines a term.

[Braden]

Sarcasm doesn't work on the internet, well, unless in video form.

It works for me, because I used it and told you it was sarcasm.

[Bigbrotherin]

I don't get why you care about the meaning of it so much.

Where do you get the impression I did? I just saw the suggestion forum and thought I'd suggest changing the word used, because, to most people, infraction means a minor legal wrong doing.

[GypsyGoth]

Yes, I know, but dictionaries aren't updated according to how TIBB defines a term.

You are right, however as the meaning becomes better know, the dictionary will be updated.

[Bigbrotherin]

It works for me, because I used it and told you it was sarcasm.

Facepalms

If it worked, you wouldn't have had to explain.

[Shaun]

This is a Big Brother forum, do you expect people to understand words with more than 2 syllables?

[Bigbrotherin]

You are right, however as the meaning becomes better know, the dictionary will be updated.

Until then, if then comes, and I doubt it, to those who only recognise the dictionary definition i.e. the one used outside certain US states and internet forums, especially those only aware of it's primary usage, it doesn't really make sense.

[GypsyGoth]

Until then, if then comes, and I doubt it, to those who only recognise the dictionary definition i.e. the one used outside certain US states and internet forums, especially those only aware of it's primary usage, it doesn't really make sense.

Well we are on an internet forum so it makes sense to use it. Just like you used "Facepalms" it means nothing in the dictionary, yet here it is understood.

[Mrluvaluva]

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[Bigbrotherin]

This is a Big Brother forum, do you expect people to understand words with more than 2 syllables?

Fair point :D, though this particular Big Brother forum seems to understand them or for that matter most things less than most other first world Big Brother forums.

[Braden]

Facepalms

If it worked, you wouldn't have had to explain.

Sorry,but facepalming doesn't work on this forum, unless it is of video form ;)

[Bigbrotherin]

Sorry,but facepalming doesn't work on this forum, unless it is of video form ;)

Users struggle the most basic of things on this forum ;)

[Twilight]

wtf

[Shasown]

Ok try this one, see if it sits any better with you. You dont actually receive an infraction per se, you receive points for the infractions you have committed, (infraction as in violating a rule). The forum records these penalties/warnings under a section called Infractions.

The word infraction may have been decided by the designers of the Vbulletin program that is used as the interface for the forum.

As opposed to saying you received a penalty for your infraction of the rules, this changes in shorthand to you received an infraction.

[Bigbrotherin]

Well we are on an internet forum so it makes sense to use it. Just like you used "Facepalms" it means nothing in the dictionary, yet here it is understood.

Only if most forums use it, and so far I've only come across one in my decade and a half online.

[Braden]

Users struggle the most basic of things on this forum ;)

Lol I saw what your post said before, if so then why don't you leave.

and i'm done. [/Bianca Golden Cycle 9 ANTM]

[Stacey.]

Users struggle the most basic of things on this forum ;)

why dont you go to DS then? :xyxwave:

[Bigbrotherin]

why dont you go to DS then? :xyxwave:

For a forum with such disdain for that place it does seem to be suggested an awful lot here.

[Locke.]

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[GypsyGoth]

Only if most forums use it, and so far I've only come accross 1.

This should enlighten you: http://tinyurl.com/22u3rn9.

[Bigbrotherin]

This should enlighten you: http://tinyurl.com/22u3rn9.

So, assuming 50% of those mentions are from separate forums, a few dozen thousand in a million and assuming most of those first few results are the more established of forums to mention it, due to how google weights website authority, a few dozen thousand random non-important ones at that.

[InOne]

I think Bigbrotherin has had a few too many sherberts.

[GypsyGoth]

So, assuming 50% of those mentions are from separate forums, a few dozen thousand in a million and assuming most of those first few results are the more established of forums to mention it, due to how google weights website authority, a few dozen thousand random non-important ones at that.

You're welcome :wavey:

[Stacey.]

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:joker:

LOL

[Shasown]

For a forum with such disdain for that place it does seem to be suggested an awful lot here.

We often dispose of the chaff from here over there

[Bigbrotherin]

We often dispose of the chaff from here over there

The two are hardly comparable parallels.

[James]

Maybe the syntax 'received a notification of an infraction' would be more to your liking?

For what it's worth though, I don't like the use of the word infraction - too technical, and not used often - I would just call it a warning.

[Shasown]

The two are hardly comparable parallels.



Very true, I dont like the censorship policy over there, the in your face adverts, the page layouts, or the size of print, I am getting old and very very grumpy so the small print gets me going.

[Lewis.]

I don't think it is really anything to get confused about. It's just a word at the end of the day.. and puts the point across pretty much the same as other words.