User blog:CobraStrike/Hurricane Wiki Bill 24

Hurricane Wiki Bill XXIV (24) was a bill that was passed on Tuesday, June 13, 2012, at 22:22z in an emergency IRC meeting that day. It regards behavior in IRC, and the resulting countdown policy.

Official Statement
"The Hurricane Wiki has officially stated that they will revise their behavorial countdown policy in their channel, ##hurricanes."

Countdown Policy
The countdown policy on an IRC channel is a policy that was originally developed by YE. The countdown helps monitor the level of behavior and/or immaturity present in a channel as a whole. With the revisions listed in Bill 24, below is the numbering policy:

Policy
And so forth. If a person who is marked for silence speaks within the silence period, the level goes down, and thus the silence period extends to an additional 5 minutes. If the person(s) is/are silent within the entire period, the level will reset to a 5 and then progressively go up if problems are not present.
 * 10+ - Excellent behavior, utmost maturity
 * 8-9 - Great behavior
 * 6-7 - Good behavior
 * 5 - Borderline behavior
 * 4 - 5 minutes of silence
 * 3 - 10 minutes of silence
 * 2 - 15 minutes of silence
 * 1 - 20 minutes of silence
 * 0 - 25 minutes of silence