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Currently I do not see such information about disputing warnings or infractions other than how to initiate a dispute and what the individual disputing the warning or infraction will see for his or herself after sending in the dispute. I notice there is a lot of detailed information on how perma-bans are decided and I think it would be fair to include similar detail on how infraction disputes are decided amongst the moderators. Some transparency might help in a number of ways.
Also what seems to an oversight is how the rules apply to Visitor Messages. It would seem that some difference of approach would apply and failing to clarify that can result in people being punished without understanding why. I know at least one user received an infraction for a 6a violation due to a Visitor Message and I advised this user to note that the rules only reference "open forums" concerning that rule. I am not sure if the user noted this in any dispute, but it seems within reason to publicly clarify what rules apply to Visitor Message and what rules might not. After all, VMs are both public and personal making them different from discussions in the forums. The Vegas Rule seems to be one in particular that might be subject to some leniency.
Also what seems to an oversight is how the rules apply to Visitor Messages. It would seem that some difference of approach would apply and failing to clarify that can result in people being punished without understanding why. I know at least one user received an infraction for a 6a violation due to a Visitor Message and I advised this user to note that the rules only reference "open forums" concerning that rule. I am not sure if the user noted this in any dispute, but it seems within reason to publicly clarify what rules apply to Visitor Message and what rules might not. After all, VMs are both public and personal making them different from discussions in the forums. The Vegas Rule seems to be one in particular that might be subject to some leniency.