Banned with the reason displayed in the user title

milligan · Mar 15, 2009

I just noticed that a user here was banned and the mod (I assume) added the reason to the custom user title. Regardless of the reason for the banning or what the user did I just wanted to say that I thought that adding the reason for all to see will serve a few purposes:

* It shows transparency on the part of the mod for the banning - increasing member confidence in the mods action; and
* It will serve as a reminder to others what you can get banned for - thus maybe curbing that irresponsible behavior.

Top work mods and Dave. Cheers

tonlilaz · Mar 15, 2009

i agree....

communication is the best way to avoid conflicts.

milligan said:
I just noticed that a user here was banned and the mod (I assume) added the reason to the custom user title. Regardless of the reason for the banning or what the user did I just wanted to say that I thought that adding the reason for all to see will serve a few purposes:

* It shows transparency on the part of the mod for the banning - increasing member confidence in the mods action; and
* It will serve as a reminder to others what you can get banned for - thus maybe curbing that irresponsible behavior.

Top work mods and Dave. Cheers

toyo · Mar 15, 2009

that will turn things into a joke. Its better to ban and just leave it at that..

wakkaoaka · Mar 15, 2009

toyo said:
that will turn things into a joke. Its better to ban and just leave it at that..

That is possible. So there should be just a statement of what they did under there username, rather than such and such was being an ass hat (even if it is tempting)

Essential Clix · Mar 15, 2009

In most cases, displaying why someone was banned as their user title is OK. However, sometimes, it's not always in the forum's best interest to display this information to the public. Sometimes we need to keep things confidential. If the ban reason isn't listed under someone's username, just PM one of us. If we feel the information should be released to the public, then we'll give you a specific reason.

This is listed in the forum rules, specifically rule #7.

spaceinvader · Mar 15, 2009

i had a dream i got banned last night

Banned with the reason displayed in the user title

milligan

BANNED

tonlilaz

Elite Member

toyo

BANNED

wakkaoaka

BANNED

Essential Clix

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spaceinvader

Regular Member

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