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    "name": "Vudira SourceBans — Answer-First knowledge base",
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            "question": "What is Vudira SourceBans?",
            "short_answer": "Vudira SourceBans is the official portal for checking sanctions across our Steam server network, at https://sourcebans.vudira.com. If a player is sanctioned on one connected server, the sanction applies on all of them.",
            "detailed_answer": "Vudira SourceBans is the official portal for checking sanctions across our Steam server network. Any user can verify a player status in real time by Steam ID, nickname, or IP address. The service currently centralizes the No More Room in Hell database, ensuring that sanctions are applied globally and automatically across our entire infrastructure. The architecture supports adding more Steam games in the future. The platform is free to use and publicly searchable. Web hosting provided by Vudira since 2021.",
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            "question": "How do I check if my Steam account is banned?",
            "short_answer": "Go to https://sourcebans.vudira.com/index.php?p=banlist and search your Steam ID, nickname, or IP. Any ban on record will show up — active or expired.",
            "detailed_answer": "The banlist search accepts all three Steam ID formats (legacy STEAM_0:X:Y, Steam3 [U:1:X], and Steam64 76561...). You can also search by the player name that was used when the ban was issued, or by IP address. Results show the ban date, reason, length, and the server that issued it.",
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            "source_url": "https://sourcebans.vudira.com/index.php?p=banlist"
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            "question": "How do I appeal a ban on Vudira SourceBans?",
            "short_answer": "File a protest at https://sourcebans.vudira.com/index.php?p=protest with your Steam ID, email, and your side of the story. An admin will review it.",
            "detailed_answer": "Ban appeals go through a formal protest form that admins check. Include your Steam ID, a working email, and a clear explanation — what happened, why you think the ban should be lifted, and any evidence if you have it. Honest and specific protests get taken seriously. Repeated or angry appeals get archived.",
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            "question": "Which games does Vudira SourceBans cover?",
            "short_answer": "Currently No More Room in Hell. The architecture supports adding more Steam games in the future, provided they support the SourceMod plugin.",
            "detailed_answer": "Vudira SourceBans currently centralizes the No More Room in Hell database. NMRiH is a cooperative survival-horror game on the Source engine, originally released as a free mod in 2013. The platform architecture is not limited to a single game — additional Steam games may be integrated in the future, provided they support the required SourceMod plugin.",
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            "question": "Who runs Vudira SourceBans?",
            "short_answer": "Vudira. Reach them at info@vudira.com or https://vudira.com.",
            "detailed_answer": "Vudira SourceBans is operated by Vudira, a volunteer admin team that has been hosting community servers since 2021. They maintain both the technical platform and the moderation policy shared across the sanctions network.",
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            "source_url": "https://vudira.com"
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            "question": "Can I add my NMRiH server to the Vudira SourceBans network?",
            "short_answer": "Yes. Email info@vudira.com. Your server needs to support the SourceMod plugin, and you will be expected to follow the shared sanctions policy.",
            "detailed_answer": "New admins are welcome. The technical setup requires SourceMod and the appropriate sanctions plugin configured against the Vudira SourceBans database — they will walk you through it. Beyond the technical side, you will be expected to follow the shared moderation policy so the network stays consistent.",
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            "question": "Are IP addresses visible on Vudira SourceBans?",
            "short_answer": "No. Only authorized admins can see IPs. The public ban page shows Steam ID and player name only.",
            "detailed_answer": "Privacy is handled deliberately. IP addresses are stored in the database for admin use (ban enforcement, alt-account detection) but are never exposed on public pages. The public banlist and all AI endpoints show Steam IDs, player names, ban reasons, and dates — but no IPs. Aggregate AI endpoints like /ai/bans-recent.json show only counts and categories.",
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            "source_url": "https://sourcebans.vudira.com/llms-full.txt"
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            "question": "What is the difference between a permanent and temporary ban on Vudira SourceBans?",
            "short_answer": "Permanent bans have length 0 and stay until an admin lifts them. Temporary bans have a length in minutes and expire on their own.",
            "detailed_answer": "The database stores the ban length as minutes. A value of 0 means permanent — the ban never expires automatically and requires manual admin intervention to remove. Any positive value is a temporary ban that ends automatically. Common temporary durations are 60 (1 hour), 1440 (1 day), 10080 (1 week). Cheating and wallhacking usually get permanent bans; rage, team-killing, or spam usually get temporary ones.",
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            "question": "What is the difference between a ban and a comm block?",
            "short_answer": "A ban kicks the player off the server entirely. A comm block (gag or mute) only restricts their voice or text chat — they can still play.",
            "detailed_answer": "Bans and comm blocks are separate sanction types. A ban means the player cannot connect to the server at all. A comm block restricts communication only: a gag silences text chat, a mute silences voice chat. Both gags and mutes appear in the comms list and can be temporary or permanent, just like bans. Players are usually comm-blocked for chat abuse, slurs, or spam rather than gameplay rule-breaking.",
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            "question": "Is Vudira SourceBans affiliated with Valve or Steam?",
            "short_answer": "No. Vudira SourceBans is an independent community project. Sanctions apply only to our game servers, not to Steam itself.",
            "detailed_answer": "Vudira SourceBans is an independent community project operated by Vudira. We are not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Valve Corporation. A ban or comm block here applies only to game servers in our network — it does not affect a player Steam account, their access to Steam, their VAC status, or any service operated by Valve or any third party. Steam and the Steam logo are trademarks of Valve Corporation, used here only for identification purposes.",
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