On 30 Oct 19  21:40:20, Janis Kracht said the following to All:

JK>     And moreso I wonder what our current ZC would do if Roy were
JK>     still alive and posted some inappropriate graphic for instance.
JK>     Would Nick have removed Roy's node number for bad-mouthing or
JK>     insulting his buddy?  Curious minds want to know :)

If the current ZC had existed when Roy was alive, he would first ensure there
is a reliable nodelist, followed by not perpetuating zone-wars, followed by
ensuring something called "checks and balances". That means, having an IC.

Any Sysop who engages in a continued pattern of antagonistic trolling
behavior towards another Sysop and/or behavior which many Sysops would view as
detrimental to the enjoyment of the hobby, or sends messages which can be 
construed as hate-speech in the country of the destination.... could qualify 
as a complaint under the Excessively Annoying behavior clause of Policy.

The antagonist faced with this type of complaint will very likely take it all
the way to the highest order... and with no highest-order, the complaint falls
flat as the ZCC debates policy intepretation like its Sunday bible class.

So Roy could not be booted anymore than Bjorn could be not booted for all the
nonstop anti-USA crap. The lack of a set of checks-and-balances made the
ultimate destination of such complaint impossible to process without a 
resulting impeachment of the ZC by friends/fans/disciples of the antagonist.

Now there is a correct set of checks and balances... all of the ZCC voted
unanimous for checks and balances. The IC cannot abuse his position, I cannot
abuse mine, nor can any other ZC... Not even Manuel from the Twilight Zone.
Everything is back in place to properly handle policy matters.

And oddly enough the level of trolling has dropped recently. You're welcome.

Nick

--- Renegade vY2Ka2