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Tupka217 wrote:

Bruce A wrote:

Have proof. (Screenshots, dates, etc.) Just a cautionary note: screenshots are not accepted as proof. See User blog:Master Ceadeus 27/Screenshots and Chat Logs "screenshots are not accepted as proof" is too strong a statement, I feel.

From an admin / moderation perspective, you want evidence. Whether someone falsified it is secondary, and of course something you should look into and be aware of. But you want something to go on.

Otherwise you just have conjecture and hearsay.

By going on everything that has been presented, then you can begin a decent investigation and begin to draw conclusions.

In my (quite extensive experience), users who are doing non-ideal things tend to keep doing those things. So the evidence begins to build and build, and you can see what is accurate or what is someone just making something up--which is also good information, since you know who to trust and who not to trust, and whether someone else may have been working with said non-ideal user, or just trolling you, heh.

It's concerning that the blog post you linked to doesn't really mention any decent alternatives. Just "catch them in the act." How? Etc. Though a topic for another thread.