On the Boards there are four possible punishments:
- Warning
- 1 Day Suspension
- 7 Day Suspension
- Permanent Suspension
The type of removal determines where we start with the punishment. Most first removals start with a warning. However, if your post was a more offensive removal you could start at a 7 Day suspension.
If you've received a 1 Day suspension then you've either continued an activity that you've been warned for in the past, posted something that is normally a warning but continued to post it repeatedly with no sign of stopping (usually spamming something), or posted something that normally would be a 7 Day but it's your very first offense and was borderline.
As with in-game punishments, Boards punishments focus on recency but can still take into account your entire removal history as that tells us a lot about overall intent in regards to the Universal Rules. If someone had a bunch of removals but then had none for a long time and then had a single removal, we wouldn't take into account the past removals due to them showing an intention to reform.
These are general guidelines we follow overall, but there are so many potential edge cases in a community this large that the possible exceptions can be many. That's why you're allowed to come here and ask about removals. The grand majority of posts are removed and people understand why. It's a small minority that ask for clarification or take issue with the removal.
