I think that it is not fair to receive half points for one year on website after getting banned first time ever for 2 days because of rdf or some other thing. I think that one month would be more than enough for receiving reduced points and after one month we should receive full amount of points again.
Consider it a motivation to take those 2 day bans more seriously in the future.
You'll get less points for 6 months or is it a full year, idk, someone mentioned it once on the forums, you can find it in a thread explaining how points system works.