Has anyone Ever been banned here?

Paradise Bird · **Reply #20 on:** July 28, 2009, 09:59:50 AM

I see so anyone else that was been closed to ban?

Malte279 · **Reply #21 on:** July 28, 2009, 10:59:20 AM

That is not the business of anyone else. The admins will not give anyone information about any warnings or pm / email based rebukes to any member that may or may not have occurred.

DarkHououmon · **Reply #22 on:** July 28, 2009, 12:57:00 PM

Quote from: Paradise Bird,Jul 28 2009 on 09:59 AM

I see so anyone else that was been closed to ban?

Why are you so interested to know that anyway?

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #23 on:** July 28, 2009, 01:18:21 PM

It's interesting information. Some people (myself included) love to figure out as much of the history of a place as possible. Why else would I go on an archive spree into long-dead posts, or try every form of URL "http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showforum=X" where X equals a number from 1 to 47, to find which was off-limits, and therefore possibly the admin discussion forum? It's just fun.

Kor · **Reply #24 on:** July 28, 2009, 02:20:50 PM

I figure if the admin wanted me to see the admin sections they'd let me. I'll not go poking around to see if I can accidentally see those places. Having been admin on a talker, and mush/mux, I know the talk isn't anything exiting nor like, isn't x a git. It's likely fairly similar to here except when a member is causing trouble, talking if someone may make a good admin, ect. At least in my experience on the talker and mux/mush that is what the talk was of usually, and some talk of rp plots and problems certain plots may have, though that likely doesn't happen here since there is no rp admin sort of thing with them running most of the tinyplots.

Petrie. · **Reply #25 on:** July 28, 2009, 05:44:58 PM

LBT, if we want things to be public they'll be in the Announcements section or our newly created Rock Circle section. Otherwise, no touchie. 'K?

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #26 on:** July 28, 2009, 06:07:59 PM

K.

I did that a long time ago, I think when I had around 200 posts. It was blocked, I couldn't see anything.

Petrie. · **Reply #27 on:** July 28, 2009, 06:22:09 PM

As it should be. Like I said, we have a public govt. section now...there shouldn't be anything left to be interested in.

Paradise Bird · **Reply #28 on:** July 29, 2009, 07:49:02 PM

I'm interested in who was banned because I want to know who were the naughty ones.

Malte279 · **Reply #29 on:** July 30, 2009, 04:25:56 AM

You were asking about those who got near a ban too.
So let me be very, very clear on this one:

It is nobody else's business if anyone has ever done anything that the admins did not think was necessary to be told publicly. There will be no prattling on our part about any information that might embarrass any of our members. It is a very sneaky thing if anyone attempted to spy or gathering sensitive information about our members' personal lives or anything that has not been published by the admins out of concern for the well being of the GOF or that our members decided to tell about themselves :angry:

Paradise Bird · **Reply #30 on:** July 30, 2009, 07:13:30 AM

ok I guess so

Petrie. · **Reply #31 on:** July 30, 2009, 07:24:38 AM

If you're really that interested, ask a member on MSN or something. People who have been here long enough know the bad members who aren't welcome here. Please stop asking the staff about banned members. We have our reasons for doing what we do.

Trust us...you really have to do something...evil here to get banned. Its not as simple as it sounds.

Paradise Bird · **Reply #32 on:** July 30, 2009, 08:42:36 AM

Well if I were a spy I would have hacked the website not asking here.Anyway perhaps one day the admins could archive the history

DarkHououmon · **Reply #33 on:** July 30, 2009, 08:44:57 AM

Archive the history? What do you mean? Make everything that happened with members public?

Anyway, I understand where Malte is coming from. Personally, I don't see a reason against saying who was banned, the ones that will never come back, but I don't understand why you must know who was almost banned.

Let me ask you this. Let's say, theoretically, on another board, you did something to embarrass yourself and nearly get yourself banned, such as starting a huge fight with someone or telling off an admin more than once. Now, would you want the admins to make this embarrassing info public so that future members can see and read it? Chances are, I'd think you wouldn't want that to happen to you.

This is pretty much what you are attempting to do here; you are attempting to get such information released public on the forum about members here that nearly got banned, thus embarassing them as a direct result.

As Petrie had suggested, if you find it so important for you to know who was nearly banned, and who was banned, then you could send a message to some members via PM and get info that way. That way, the information is not made public.

AvestheForumFox · **Reply #34 on:** July 30, 2009, 10:33:49 AM

I have been apart of certain forums that the leading admin made a list of the baddies public for the entire forum to see.

and in all honesty, its not a grand idea... it was like saying: "hey, these jerks suck! troll them!"

which made the entire staff look like 8 year old idiots.

nobody truly deserves to be marked like that. I don't care how bad they've been.. the ban treatment should be punishment enough..

and Adam, while I would agree about asking about such things via MSN, would it not also be a wise idea to discourage against rumor spreading and other potential drama starting? such things work like a virus.. they start on the outside and gradually feed on into the inside....

Nick22 · **Reply #35 on:** July 30, 2009, 10:39:43 AM

We keep the list of banned people, small as it is, private. What they did, in ultinmately betwen them and us, and to reveal everything they did is simply a low. simply put, that is information we do not, and will not reveal publicly, under any circum,stances. the history of this board can be adequately filled without listed all those who got the boot

Kor · **Reply #36 on:** July 30, 2009, 10:46:24 AM

& quite right it should be private. The places I was staff at (before they went poof, this was way back, mainly in the late 90's) kept the list private also.

Nick22 · **Reply #37 on:** July 30, 2009, 10:49:20 AM

Somre things should be kept private... How long were you an admin there Kor?

Kor · **Reply #38 on:** July 30, 2009, 11:14:15 AM

At the various places? Varied from months to a year or maybe 2, before they went poof. They were quiet places, except for the talker where the owners decided to take it down since it was getting to be to much and they likely wanted more time to do other things for a while, their money getting tight also.

Nick22 · **Reply #39 on:** July 30, 2009, 11:18:34 AM

Understansable... do you think your experiences there have helped you on here?