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Mods why was I banned?

Posted:
Thu May 17, 2007 12:53 am
by Iliad
I was banned yesterday briefly. I have received neither an e-mail or a private message explaining why. Just before I was banned I started a thread asking whether AK iceman did the right thing. There was a poll and you could add your name if you thought that he was wrong.
That thread was deleted and I got banned for a short while. Can I get an explanation?

Posted:
Thu May 17, 2007 12:58 am
by wicked
Please only create one thread. You were forum banned for posting in multiple unrelated threads about the spamalot thing, derailing those threads. Certain bans don't automatically send emails; we're working to fix that.

Posted:
Thu May 17, 2007 1:00 am
by iAnonymous
Uh, I swear I've posted in a topic just like this one...
"Totalitarian Government".

Posted:
Thu May 17, 2007 1:01 am
by wicked
The 2nd exact same thread he started was deleted.

Posted:
Thu May 17, 2007 1:02 am
by Iliad
wicked wrote:Please only create one thread. You were forum banned for posting in multiple unrelated threads about the spamalot thing, derailing those threads. Certain bans don't automatically send emails; we're working to fix that.
You gotta be kidding me. You banned me because I [posted in some threads about spamalot.

Posted:
Thu May 17, 2007 1:05 am
by Iliad
wicked wrote:The 2nd exact same thread he started was deleted.
I just wanted to start this thread in social lounge AND general discussion. oh well I will just give a link.

Posted:
Thu May 17, 2007 1:10 am
by wicked
you were posting in threads that had nothing to do with spamalot. the one I deleted was in the thread asking if you'd get your teammate's cards if attacking them.

Posted:
Thu May 17, 2007 1:12 am
by Iliad
wicked wrote:you were posting in threads that had nothing to do with spamalot. the one I deleted was in the thread asking if you'd get your teammate's cards if attacking them.
but surely posting a few times with some reference to spamalot doesn't deserve being banned especially without any kind of reason why?

Posted:
Thu May 17, 2007 1:21 am
by Nephilim
Iliad wrote:wicked wrote:you were posting in threads that had nothing to do with spamalot. the one I deleted was in the thread asking if you'd get your teammate's cards if attacking them.
but surely posting a few times with some reference to spamalot doesn't deserve being banned especially without any kind of reason why?
ummm, you were spamming. it's against the guidelines. maybe you should stop

Posted:
Thu May 17, 2007 1:27 am
by Iliad
Nephilim wrote:Iliad wrote:wicked wrote:you were posting in threads that had nothing to do with spamalot. the one I deleted was in the thread asking if you'd get your teammate's cards if attacking them.
but surely posting a few times with some reference to spamalot doesn't deserve being banned especially without any kind of reason why?
ummm, you were spamming. it's against the guidelines. maybe you should stop
It wasn't spamming and it didn't derail the thread. All it was was a reference to spamalot. It did not deserve being banned without any reason whatsoever.

Posted:
Thu May 17, 2007 1:28 am
by Vincent M
Nephilim stop starting fight please if you have beef
The Flame Wars are ------------->

Posted:
Thu May 17, 2007 1:29 am
by wicked
You don't get it. You posted in threads that had NOTHING to do with spamalot just to whine about spamalot. That is considered spam and is deletable without warning.

Posted:
Thu May 17, 2007 1:31 am
by AK_iceman
wicked wrote:You don't get it. You posted in threads that had NOTHING to do with spamalot just to whine about spamalot. That is considered spam and is deletable without warning.
And when you do it in multiple threads like you did, it's considered trolling and that is a bannable offense. Good thing for you this one was only temporary.

Posted:
Thu May 17, 2007 1:32 am
by Great Pretender
AK_iceman wrote:wicked wrote:You don't get it. You posted in threads that had NOTHING to do with spamalot just to whine about spamalot. That is considered spam and is deletable without warning.
And when you do it in multiple threads like you did, it's considered trolling and that is a bannable offense. Good thing for you this one was only temporary.
AK rules!

Posted:
Thu May 17, 2007 1:33 am
by Iliad
wicked wrote:You don't get it. You posted in threads that had NOTHING to do with spamalot just to whine about spamalot. That is considered spam and is deletable without warning.
How about you think about you sent me an email or something?
Mods you are wasting your time. You have much more worthwhile things to do than ban a person which posted what a few times.
And wicked why was that thread about AK deleted? Was that spam?

Posted:
Thu May 17, 2007 1:43 am
by Vincent M
Iliad wrote:wicked why was that thread about AK deleted? Was that spam?
When looking at that question I refer to another question "how many licks does it talk to get to the center of a tootsie pop" and the ansewer is the same for both " The World will never know"

Posted:
Thu May 17, 2007 1:48 am
by wicked
When people start trolling, we start deleting. We don't take time in the cleanup to distinguish which posts might be ok, because at that point, the user has lost all posting privileges.

Posted:
Thu May 17, 2007 1:49 am
by Iliad
wicked wrote:When people start trolling, we start deleting. We don't take time in the cleanup to distinguish which posts might be ok, because at that point, the user has lost all posting privileges.
But why was I banned? All you had to do was delete those posts and send me a private message and I would've been happy. Is it really that hard?

Posted:
Thu May 17, 2007 1:54 am
by wicked
Actual no-no's:
The Guidelines wrote:
And now the list don't do's:
Trolling (including multiple postings, spam, abusive content, and specific attempts to cause chaos, disruption or headaches to the community members or staff)
That's pretty much it for the no-no's – small list, easy to remember...and don't test the team, we really do enforce this stuff

Posted:
Thu May 17, 2007 2:01 am
by Iliad
wicked wrote:Actual no-no's:The Guidelines wrote:
And now the list don't do's:
Trolling (including multiple postings, spam, abusive content, and specific attempts to cause chaos, disruption or headaches to the community members or staff)
That's pretty much it for the no-no's – small list, easy to remember...and don't test the team, we really do enforce this stuff
And what rule did I break? Wow I had a reference to spamalot in a thread without spam. Oh my god I really deserve to be banned and receive no pm or e-mail!

Posted:
Thu May 17, 2007 2:02 am
by joeyjordison
AK and wicked, can some1 please post the posts in question.... does any1 have a way of getting at them? it would help the argument greatly. it should be pretty obvious what the decision should b if we see the posts and what threads they were in.
and i think that spamalot is a VERY touchy subject for everyone involved hence why Iliad may have posted in other threads and also why AK may have been a bit trigger happy with the ban.
having said all this i know very little about spamalot as i didn't post there and don't really know about the situation

Posted:
Thu May 17, 2007 2:40 am
by Great Pretender
Iliad wrote:wicked wrote:Actual no-no's:The Guidelines wrote:
And now the list don't do's:
Trolling (including multiple postings, spam, abusive content, and specific attempts to cause chaos, disruption or headaches to the community members or staff)
That's pretty much it for the no-no's – small list, easy to remember...and don't test the team, we really do enforce this stuff
And what rule did I break? Wow I had a reference to spamalot in a thread without spam. Oh my god I really deserve to be banned and receive no pm or e-mail!
you spammed, you created multiple posts

Posted:
Thu May 17, 2007 2:42 am
by Iliad
Great Pretender wrote:Iliad wrote:wicked wrote:Actual no-no's:The Guidelines wrote:
And now the list don't do's:
Trolling (including multiple postings, spam, abusive content, and specific attempts to cause chaos, disruption or headaches to the community members or staff)
That's pretty much it for the no-no's – small list, easy to remember...and don't test the team, we really do enforce this stuff
And what rule did I break? Wow I had a reference to spamalot in a thread without spam. Oh my god I really deserve to be banned and receive no pm or e-mail!
you spammed, you created multiple posts
I did not spam! Find the posts! What do you mean by multiple posts?

Posted:
Thu May 17, 2007 2:43 am
by Great Pretender
Iliad wrote:Great Pretender wrote:Iliad wrote:wicked wrote:Actual no-no's:The Guidelines wrote:
And now the list don't do's:
Trolling (including multiple postings, spam, abusive content, and specific attempts to cause chaos, disruption or headaches to the community members or staff)
That's pretty much it for the no-no's – small list, easy to remember...and don't test the team, we really do enforce this stuff
And what rule did I break? Wow I had a reference to spamalot in a thread without spam. Oh my god I really deserve to be banned and receive no pm or e-mail!
you spammed, you created multiple posts
I did not spam! Find the posts! What do you mean by multiple posts?
I could find some spam posts if i wanted to,
and you have posted 4 times in a row at times.

Posted:
Thu May 17, 2007 2:49 am
by Iliad
Great Pretender wrote:Iliad wrote:Great Pretender wrote:Iliad wrote:wicked wrote:Actual no-no's:The Guidelines wrote:
And now the list don't do's:
Trolling (including multiple postings, spam, abusive content, and specific attempts to cause chaos, disruption or headaches to the community members or staff)
That's pretty much it for the no-no's – small list, easy to remember...and don't test the team, we really do enforce this stuff
And what rule did I break? Wow I had a reference to spamalot in a thread without spam. Oh my god I really deserve to be banned and receive no pm or e-mail!
you spammed, you created multiple posts
I did not spam! Find the posts! What do you mean by multiple posts?
I could find some spam posts if i wanted to,
and you have posted 4 times in a row at times.
In what thread?