Ian was placed on the discouraged list because you shouldn't continue to break the rules having been warned so many times and had things let go over a long period, (of which he has many hundreds of times over numerous posting names) however, that may have been hasty/the wrong move and a step too...
A thread was opened, an explanation given and then closed as the issue was solved.
I will PM you later and we can discuss any questions you have there.
Thanks.
Communication isn't the best perhaps. There's numerous threads regarding what to do and not. No use of personal names, last names, no homophobia, racism or sexism.
In your case (spamming links/references to others forums) there is polite reminder thread at the top of this very section about...
It's basically a stop gap between a full website ban and just a shoutbox/ban from certain areas of the forum. It slows down loading speed of pages, speed of replies etc. It's used literally to discourage instead of a full ban.
Ian was handed out a shout box ban and placed on the discouraged list for 1 month by myself for his persistent spamming/mentions of another forum despite numerous warnings.
No 'bullshit' - he's a member just like everyone else and should know better with his 'experienced member' tag.
Once the...
Apologies for your and the rest of any lost posts. I understand the frustration. Backups had been happening daily and certainly every couple of days prior to the last few months - I would agree that's not best practice and is something that will be rectified from today onwards so this shouldn't...
Just somewhere for members to ask any questions/make queries about banned members, mods being promoted, day to day technical queries etc. Instead of having 5 different threads for 'why was X member banned'.
Keep in mind it's entirely up to said staff member whether they reply (or don't reply)...
An 'ex' staff member deleted the posts, it was rectified as quickly as possible. Said member is now banned and won't be returning under any circumstances. Another member of the mod/admin team banned TPP. Of course there are rules to be adhered to, they are quite relaxed, it's the said person's...
Few points.
1) If someone deletes almost 45,000 posts they are going to get banned, regardless. Restoration took but a few minutes and was 'sorted' within an hour or so.
2) TPP has been banned for a month as far as I can see for trolling, nothing to do with me but that's on the Mod logs...
TPP?
The paranoid pineapple?
Hasn't as far as I'm aware.
Let me know more.
Edit - we did a reset earlier to that may be playing a few things about. I've not been online since 6pm so I genuinely have no clue.
As far as I'm aware, the only people that have left are a couple who explained why they were leaving and a few others who were banned or got booted from the shoutbox for name-dropping etc. I think it's just natural to have things drop off after the initial 'honeymoon' period. New members are...
I know you didn't mean that in a dickish way mate, but I do think that's a bit unfair. For sure, TB does the technical work of the forum and I/we need him a lot more than he needs us.
But I had the website that eventually turned into 1FF at the perfect time TB was willing to help keep the...
I'm at work so don't have time to reply currently, TB will answer some of the questions and issues people have mentioned when he gets chance to do so.
I will give my proper response/perspective later when I get chance.
Use the term 'open' loosely.
Any person interested in the website has been made fully aware it's a 50-50 scenario and that they COULD only be buying 50%, that can then mean they either aren't interested, or want to speak to me to see if I'm interested in this, that or the other. You are...
Yes, to confirm - the moderation positions are currently being 'reviewed' as such - checking back through logs that I have a downloaded a copy of to my PC. The logs give a general run down on how active any moderator is, be that the things you can't see (Stopping spam, moving/deleting posts) or...