Hello,

I've been recently thinking about the ban times on this website, and I have to say it's way too harsh for what it should be!

I don't think that you should be banned for Minimodding, as yes it may cause a flame war, but in the other hand it doesn't get someone punished as harshly. Commenting 'It's stolen' could just be a warning for other people to not comment/diamond on the submission, such as if it has already been reported, there's still no way people know it's stolen.

So I've come up with some specific ban times, as I don't agree with the whole 'add another week' in the ban system. You could be banned for a month for 4 tiny things. It's not exactly fair.

So here it is:
Least punishable to most punishable.

Minimodding - Warning. If they do it again, 5 hour ban. (Not ban from site, ban from posting/commenting.)

Spamming - Warning, they may have done it by accident. (If multiple spams, then a 10 hour ban. Again, not the ban from the site.)

Stealing builds/other projects - 48 hour ban from site, as it is taking someone's build and claiming it as your own. Even if it isn't copyrighted, it's still not yours to take. 

Advertising other Websites - It's not really that much of a ban thing, but it could lead to the downfall of Planet-Minecraft. So I'd suggest a 24-hour ban. (Only other websites like this, discluding the Minecraft-Forums.)

Rudeness to users - 48-hour ban. You should not be rude to users. If the user did something to you, report them and ignore what they sent. (Not from site, from uploading etc.)

Rudeness to staff - Exactly the same, the Staff members and the Users should be thought of the same. Staff members are there to help, not to be scared of. (Again, not from site.)

Discrimination - 48-Hour ban from Site. Everyone on this site should be treated the same, whoever they are.

Swearing - 48-Hour ban from uploading etc. It's bad, and there are young kids on the website. But perhaps they live in a bad household, or they simply like swearing. Keep it the same time, they could be lying. You never know on the internet!

Racism - This can be anything from the N-word to big long paragraphs saying why a certain race is bad. This should be a week ban from the Site, as it's racist and it can easily hurt people's feelings. 

Profanity - This is specifically about Nudity, Pornography, etc. This should be a perma-ban. Again, there are young kids under the age of 18 on this site, so anything like that should be strictly forbidden.

I myself have been banned a few times for things I shouldn't have done, and I regret them.

I hope this gets added, OGS16.