how do you get suspended? is it the number of violations, or the severity of a violation?

Yahoo doesn't seem to play favorites, it doesn't matter if you have been a member for day, a week,a month or years or are a top contributor the same rules apply to everyone. It also doesn't seem to matter the number of violations but more the severity or perceived severity of the violations. Yahoo takes a dim view of SPAM, bigotry, pornography , insulting other members,racism, anything that even borders on illegal such as drugs even soft drugs, downloading movies, music programs etc. or links to that kind of stuff Any of that can mean a speedy exit.

it is also a serious violation to have more than one YA account. It is considered to be cheating and If you do you could be suspended

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/answers/abuse/abu...

To appeal:

Go below. Just follow the prompts.

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/answers/first_app...

The Yahoo statement is that one or more trusted reporters must report a question or answer for it to be deleted. You can appeal and if the appeal is upheld the reporter loses some credibility. It takes a number of violations to get someone suspended, the exact number would vary dependant on the severity of the violations.

How do you get suspended? Very easily I would say, I think I am close to my 14th suspension. I've been reported about 6 times in the last week by dumb shitt heads who dont like an honest answer!