This post and ones like it where the player is obviously using "illegal" content (by not only relying on information in ongoing games, but telling other players they are doing so in an effort to persuade them) doesn't seem like legitimate play, to me.
Does this kind of behavior not violate the spirit of site rules 2&3?
Ongoing game content should not be allowed for meta purposes in other games, even if the player being researched has had their alignment confirmed.
Does this post forward a scum win con, or do you just think I'm strange?
I don't object to the use of [redacted], but I do agree that sometimes it's used to leniently
For examples, if I were to want to say "I townread this person because their activity and gamesolving match a game they just got nightkilled in as town"
And I said "I townread this person because their activity and gamesolving match [redacted]" - I would find this to be bending the rules unfairly for sure
Instead, I usually just say "[redacted]" in which case people know I have more thoughts and I might get to share them later but receive no hints as to what those thoughts are
I find most people are in between, and try to lean toward the latter, but sometimes accidentally do the former. I think the former should receive a warning from the mod or some such
Redactions should only be valid for secret alts or secret games. You should be willing to out the secret if a majority of people not in support of your viewpoint aren't in on it.
If you're referencing an ongoing, it's because there's a reason why you scumread somebody. Hammer that point through. If the other game happens to finish, it's now supplementary evidence.
There's no grey area. As for the content in the OP I think this is a case of secret alt.
People using [redacted] as a way to refer to ongoing games was very common at one point, and became a fairly large problem. One of the reasons our current ongoing game rules are so strict is in an attempt to stop it.
About the only thing you can do if you have a read based on an ongoing game is to not specify the reason at all, and look for reasons for the same read in your own game and give those instead.