There are basically four types of harassment, which will be explained in this file, along with the solutions. ---------- Sexual Sexual harassment will *not* be tolerated on this mud. Here is an example of simple harassment: --- Bob sits in the Pub alone. Sue walks in. Sue hugs Bob. Bob says 'Hey! Don't do that' (Sue now assumes he's being cute.) Sue hugs Bob. Sue grins evilly. Bob says 'I said stop that.' --- This is simply hugging, but because Bob said no, and Sue did not stop, it is sexual harassment. Because it is difficult to prove something like this, after the fact, we will have a log that anyone can turn on, called 'harass'. All Bob has to do now is type: harass. He does not have to tell Sue he has done it. Everything that goes on in that room is now being logged. Please remember, Bob does not have to leave the room, he was there first, and Sue came in and started harassing him. He said "no". We all know what that means. Now he does not have to go through trying to find a sympathetic admin, because we will be reading that log sometime soon. What will happen next is that one of us will talk with Sue, let her know that behaviour of that sort is not acceptable here, and warn her not to do it again. It doesn't matter if she protests innocence, we now have proof. Very simple. If it happens again, Sue will be banished. If it becomes necessary, Sue's site will be banished. Please see 'help harass' for more info on the harassment log. ---------- Pestering the Wizards Harassment of wizards is less common, simply because the 'victim' of such harassment can handle the problem much more easily. Pestering is defined as: 1. Asking the same question repeatedly, when the answer has already been given. 2. Attempts to kill the wizard repeatedly. 3. Spamming (dumping large amounts of text). 4. Other abuses of commands such as - ??? The way these things are handled is left up to the admins of the mud. You will most likely be asked to stop, warned that repeated harassment will be dealt with severely, perhaps asked to leave or simply being banished. ---------- Player Disagreements Player disagreements, such as killing, stealing money/items, hounding a person, stealing a kill, repeated telling, etc, will be handled by the administration. (or Bob the Bounty Hunter) |