[barmar]

Moved the poll about canceling a team game entry from Simple Rulings to BBO Tournament Discussion, since the issue is very specific to the way BBO team games are operated.

[barmar]

Yesterday I removed two of the three new posts advertising bridgedailybulletins.nl, and locked the remaining one (since there was already a thread from the site owners last week). Today I removed one of the two threads asking when a hand from an old Aces on Bridge column was played.

[barmar]

Merged the post about Bob Brinig's passing into the RIP thread in the Water Cooler forum (although maybe it would be better to have a separate threads -- one for bridge players in General Bridge Discussion, and just use the WC thread for non-bridge people).

[barmar]

I merged the two thread on mandatory profiles into one.

[barmar]

Removed a thread from BBO Support Forum because the poster has an obscene username (he's also been banned from the forum).

[barmar]

Removed a thread in General Bridge Discussion that was a youtube bridge lesson. It contained a paid advertisement and seemed mainly intended to solicit subscribers, so it violates our policy on advertising.

[wyman]

There are two more in I/A and Interesting Bridge Hands fwiw.

[barmar]

Thanks, got 'em.

[barmar]

Moved the thread about Inquiry's misIry convention from General BBO Discussion to General Bridge Discussion. There's nothing BBO-specific about it.

[barmar]

Removed a thread titled "rules" in General BBO Discussion. It named several players who were rude to him.

[JLOGIC]

Does anyone ever get banned on BBF? If so, I recommend to the mods that Scarabin be banned. Look through his volume of work, including his last awesome post to Vampyr that if he were her he would hope he would kill himself...

Seriously the guy adds nothing, constantly trolls and gets into flame wars, and says things like that. At least he's low volume I guess.

[Scarabin]

JLOGIC, on 2013-March-05, 12:51, said:

Does anyone ever get banned on BBF? If so, I recommend to the mods that Scarabin be banned. Look through his volume of work, including his last awesome post to Vampyr that if he were her he would hope he would kill himself...

Seriously the guy adds nothing, constantly trolls and gets into flame wars, and says things like that. At least he's low volume I guess.

I gather that you dislike me and I can live with that but why vent your spleen on the monitors? They have shown superior courage and judgment, and also tolerance to your own peccadilloes.

If you wish to be fair then I suggest you re-read(?) the topic starting at Vampyr's first post.

[mr1303]

I just had a look at the thread, and as someone who makes a conscious effort to avoid flame wars wherever possible, feel the following:

1) Vampyr's first post, assuming no editing has taken place, could be at worst be described as lacking tact. It did not come across as offensive.

2) Scarabin's posts should absolutely warrant a ban. Suggestions of that sort have no place in any internet forum that I wish to be a member of.

[Vampyr]

mr1303, on 2013-March-05, 19:35, said:

Vampyr's first post, assuming no editing has taken place, could be at worst be described as lacking tact. It did not come across as offensive.

There has been no editing, and I admit that it did lack tact. Sorry to all for provoking the venom that has offended so many.

[GreenMan]

Vampyr, on 2013-March-05, 20:06, said:

There has been no editing, and I admit that it did lack tact. Sorry to all for provoking the venom that has offended so many.

That venom is not your responsibility and you need not apologize for it.

[Zelandakh]

JLOGIC, on 2013-March-05, 12:51, said:

Does anyone ever get banned on BBF? If so, I recommend to the mods that Scarabin be banned. Look through his volume of work, including his last awesome post to Vampyr that if he were her he would hope he would kill himself...

Just you and the ad spammers I think! But I agree wholeheartedly, messages such as this have no place on these forums.

[JLOGIC]

Zelandakh, on 2013-March-06, 03:48, said:

Just you and the ad spammers I think! But I agree wholeheartedly, messages such as this have no place on these forums.

Haha, actually think I was never banned from BBF, only BBO, but I'm not 100 % sure. That and lurpoa make me think that maybe no one ever gets banned here.

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I gather that you dislike me and I can live with that but why vent your spleen on the monitors? They have shown superior courage and judgment, and also tolerance to your own peccadilloes.

This is the moderation thread. I am making a suggestion to the moderators. If they choose not to ban you then fine, but this seemed like an appropriate place to bring it to their attention, and also could potentially spawn a discussion on whether people get banned, and for what, and how far they have to go. I suspect it's more on a case by case basis, but who knows, that could be a useful conversation to have.

I agree the mods in general do a good job, that is why I brought this to them.

[lalldonn]

Fwiw I think the post about 'I would kill myself if I was you' is worthy of a ban on its own, but I don't find most of his earlier 'work' that bad. He even defended Sheri against someone else's trolling insults in Fred's thread about a good play GIB made.

I have no problem with the general idea of people being banned although there should probably be a suspension first in most cases.

[JLOGIC]

lalldonn, on 2013-March-06, 09:56, said:

Fwiw I think the post about 'I would kill myself if I was you' is worthy of a ban on its own, but I don't find most of his earlier 'work' that bad. He even defended Sheri against someone else's trolling insults in Fred's thread about a good play GIB made.

I have no problem with the general idea of people being banned although there should probably be a suspension first in most cases.

http://www.bridgebas...__1#entry672654

[hrothgar]

My experiences suggest that it is quite possible for players to get suspended from the forums.

It has happened to me at least twice, both times for being rude to Al_U_Card during global warming threads.

FWIW, I think that Scarabin is an idiot, a troll, or perhaps both.
I didn't see his most recent posting (wish I had) but I don't think that his original posts warrant a ban.

Then again, I don't think anything that I've done warrants a ban with the exception of a rather choice vindictive directed towards Vampyr which didn't result in anything, so what do I know...