User blog comment:Brandon Rhea/New Community Central Chat Guidelines Announced/@comment-31863794-20170506205105/@comment-26402117-20170506214617

I think the lack of bans for violent roleplay, inappropriate behaviour and other really questionable or unfriendly stuff since Thursday doesn't align with that conclusion. The room will still be used to chat, but about things related to Fandom, wiki editing or a fandom. To me, that's an important part of reducing disruption because the chatroom is more strongly guided away from such behaviour from the get go.

If it clarifies things about less mods than you want, there have been mods on wikibreaks and otherwise indisposed with real-life concerns like studying. There is also timezones to consider - the team prioritises keeping chat covered by active or passive moderation at most times of the day, a task which was made harder by the somewhat unwelcoming nature of chat usually. I think your suggestions for mods are best taken to C/G - those are welcome.

Suicide in itself is a sensitive topic. We can only hand that on to staff so that they can encourage the user to get help. I hope you can see how banning and kicking them would be questionable - they need a helping hand and someone to reach out to them, not punishment. But we can nudge people away from disturbing topics that are less sensitive, and there is probably more we can do there. The new rules mean more emphasis on mod judgement, which helps in that regard :)