Banning Policy ...

[SallyAnne]

and congrats on your case btw.

Mods!!! Ban him!!




Only joking, thanks honey

[sasguru]

Exactly the point people here are making. You're not applying your own rules consistently and across the board. If you're going to use 'discretion' as a form of tolerance, you've just undermined your own T&Cs.

C'mon, Nanny, we children need firm but fair and consistent boudaries so we can develop into mature roundede individuals.

I think discretion is an essential part of the mod's job. Some posts strictly contravene the T&Cs (including some of mine) but the context (both knowledge of the poster and the particular context of the thread) should decide if any ill intent is meant. The board would not be the same without some of the banter that goes on.
The reason for me starting this thread is that I object to the out-and-out racism that is being posted by some of the Neo-Nazi types who are posting on here with multiple aliases (or perhaps they are all Cassus Deli).
To be precise, I find the phrase "to spade a spade" obnoxious and disgusting in the extreme. CD used an alias to post this, insisted that he meant it, then backtracked.
If this forum tolerates this kind of disingenuous behaviour from posters, I would imagine that there might well be commercial implications.

[scotspine]

"unecesary banning of board favourite El Duder" - he had ***endless*** warnings, he knew the score, yet persisted with a post about his sexual doings with various women, including numerous references to terminology that could only be described as pornographic. to avoid him bringing the board into disrepute, i had no choice but to ban him.

[Churchill]

I think discretion is an essential part of the mod's job. Some posts strictly contravene the T&Cs (including some of mine) but the context (both knowledge of the poster and the particular context of the thread) should decide if any ill intent is meant. The board would not be the same without some of the banter that goes on.
The reason for me starting this thread is that I object to the out-and-out racism that is being posted by some of the Neo-Nazi types who are posting on here with multiple aliases (or perhaps they are all Cassus Deli).
To be precise, I find the phrase "to spade a spade" obnoxious and disgusting in the extreme. CD used an alias to post this, insisted that he meant it, then backtracked.
If this forum tolerates this kind of disingenuous behaviour from posters, I would imagine that there might well be commercial implications.

You find it so disgusting that you have to keep repeating it ad nauseam!

Grow up and move on.

[sasguru]

You find it so disgusting that you have to keep repeating it ad nauseam!

Grow up and move on.

Where have I repeated it before?

[cailin maith]

I just had a runaway thread I think, I hope it was not what I said. I would have a PM if it was.

No you wouldn't, I got banned with no warning!

[Let-Me-In]

No you wouldn't, I got banned with no warning!

Same here...first time!!!

[scotspine]

SP - in ref to my post in TPD - I think straying off-topic is acceptable in many cases, and that the banning is inconsistently applied, and that warnings should be given first.

What are your thoughts?

i read your post. very good it was too. but, i have ***never*** banned anyone, or indeed moderated a post, because of that reason.

[Pickle2]

No you wouldn't, I got banned with no warning!

me too!

[SallyAnne]

"unecesary banning of board favourite El Duder" - he had ***endless*** warnings, he knew the score, yet persisted with a post about his sexual doings with various women, including numerous references to terminology that could only be described as pornographic. to avoid him bringing the board into disrepute, i had no choice but to ban him.

ok then