Apply QCLF User Restrictions and Sanctions

QCLF provides three participation sanctions: Posting Suspension, Live Chat Suspension, and Full Participation Suspension. Each sanction has a global, Section, or Category scope plus an optional end time.

The restriction is stored server-side and evaluated when the user attempts the affected activity; it is not merely a hidden frontend control.

Apply a Restriction

  1. Open the reported user or the user’s Moderation panel.
  2. Choose the restriction type: Posting, Live Chat, or Full Participation.
  3. Choose an allowed scope: All Sections & Categories, a Section, or a Category.
  4. Choose a duration—1 hour, 1 day, 7 days, 30 days, or Permanent in the current frontend—and enter a useful reason.
  5. Submit Apply Restriction, then test the affected account in the intended scope.

What the Three Types Block

  • Posting Suspension participates in QCLF’s posting checks and blocks permanent Topic/Message posting in matching scope.
  • Live Chat Suspension participates in live-access checks and blocks live participation in matching scope.
  • Full Participation Suspension blocks posting and live participation and is also the sanction used by interaction-only checks such as attachments/reactions/poll voting.

Scope Rules

Global scope is intentionally available to every effective QCLF moderator who can access the Moderation workspace. A non-global moderator can apply a Category restriction only in a Category they moderate. A Section restriction is allowed only when that moderator has moderation authority across every Category in that Section. Global/component moderators can use valid Section/Category scopes directly.

Safety and Audit

A moderator cannot sanction their own account. QCLF validates the target user, sanction type, scope object, duration, and current moderator authority, stores creator/reason/start/end fields, and writes a moderation-audit record. When a sanction is applied from a report, the open report is automatically resolved as “Participation sanction applied.”

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