Clean-up finished, thread reopened.
Let me just point out everyone's attention to the fact that infractions and warnings are issued on a per-post basis: for example, if someone has 5 rule-breaking posts during the course of the thread, it means 5 separate infractions or warnings.
Warnings don't net points and are just that, warnings. Infractions are what get points and trigger the automatic banning system.
The off-topic infraction has a lower point value and a longer expire time so that people won't get accidentally banned but simply be encourage to stay on topic in threads like these, it really takes effort to get banned for off-topic posting.
To those that cooperate with us, thank you. To the rest, please try more and don't get sucked into unrelated arguments. If someone attacks or offends you, please report their posts and we'll deal with it. Thank you.
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