Sorry about the late post but I was going to post here awhile ago.
Rustled is ultimately correct. You're allowed to experiment with the SM and, if your stuff goes sour, make sure you take the correct precautions to stop further damage. You can even be extremely incompetent but as long as you atleast make an attempt to salvage the situation, you're going to avoid a note. However, that doesn't cover people who just fuck off and do nothing as CE (though, all I could really see that netting is just a note.)
Intent is what matters here and, if anyone read the context of the situation, it looks like the intent wasn't all too virtuous.
MrAlphonzo wrote:
Like I said in the appeal, he gave me the impression he was intentionally destabilizing the engine just so he could save it, for the giggles. That is not the same as experimenting with the engine to discover a more efficient way to power the station.
This is an important distinction that relates to this case.
Side note:
Nilons wrote:Arianya wrote:
I disagree with note numbers in general being used as justification, where the notes are only tangentially/not related, but I'm also not a headmin so that's not my purview.
Okay when every single admin starts doing this they wont be a punishment
no matter how much you disagree with it or dont use it as a justification other admins will
Nilons is correct, so we tread a middle ground for notes. The headmins understand that not all notes are created equally and that some notes may be peanuts while some may be really bad. This doesn't apply to all admins but just know that the reviewing authority (under the current headmin team) is aware of the difference in severity of notes. Though, we attempt to enforce a middle ground so that irrelevant and useless notes are not added on players.
We have unofficially stated (I guess officially now) that we're willing to accept appeals for notes that happened in the last 6 months.