how long does a one week ban usually last?

grames_bond

....coz i was given a 1 week ban from stand up thats into month 4/5 now (ive lost count) the reason i was banned? for mentioning a gig run by pat egan and tickety boo promotions (NOT mcd) mods thaught it was mcd so i get banned even tho i informed them it was not!

so.....should (unjust) 1 week bans really last this long?

Sherifu

Clue is in the question i'd have thought, no?

Anyway, did you PM any of the mods about it?

aidan_walsh

PM the mod who banned you to ask to be let back in.

kaimera

User is to remind the mod usually.

Beruthiel

grames_bond wrote: »

....coz i was given a 1 week ban from stand up thats into month 4/5 now (ive lost count) the reason i was banned?

Personally I wait until the person I banned drops me a PM reminding me that their time is up.
Did you do that with the Mod in question?

grames_bond

Beruthiel wrote: »

Personally I wait until the person I banned drops me a PM reminding me that their time is up.
Did you do that with the Mod in question?

yup, a week later and then 2 months after that! ah well, maybe he doesnt want to let me back because i said that i feel i shouldnt have been banned in the first place!

Rb

That's outrageous. You should file a complaint with someone or something.

_blank_

Name and Shame the mod, that's ridiculous.

Were you abusive in any way in the PM you sent?

As soon as the mistake was realised, the ban should have been immediately lifted.

Has the mod in question EVER replied to your PMs?

grames_bond

he replied to the ones were i was stating my case of how the gig wasnt mcd so i shouldnt be banned (with basically a "im not listening to you" attitude) and i havent got one since, i pm'd him AGAIN 1 second ago, so id say it should be lifted now....if not i will name and shame, i dont really want to now- don't wanna be THAT much of a pr!ck.

Beruthiel

grames_bond wrote: »

yup, a week later and then 2 months after that! ah well, maybe he doesnt want to let me back because i said that i feel i shouldnt have been banned in the first place!

Was it a polite PM?
I only ever respond to the polite ones.
The rest I ignore.

If you wish to drop me a PM, I'll point the mod in question to this thread.

Earthhorse

This is the thread on which you were banned and you were banned for mentioning the venue that should not be named. Mentioning twice in fact.

I don't know but I imagine the fact that you don't understand why you were banned might be a factor in not letting you back in?

_blank_

grames_bond wrote: »

he replied to the ones were i was stating my case of how the gig wasnt mcd so i shouldnt be banned (with basically a "im not listening to you" attitude) and i havent got one since, i pm'd him AGAIN 1 second ago, so id say it should be lifted now....if not i will name and shame, i dont really want to now- don't wanna be THAT much of a pr!ck.

If you are doing that, do it in Helpdesk, not Feedback.

Or perhaps PM the CMod of Rec, I think that's WhiteWashMan, he lives in Melbourne I think, so don't expect an answer straight away.

grames_bond

Earthhorse wrote: »

[this is the thread on which you were banned and you were banned for mentioning the venue that should not be named. Mentioning twice in fact.

erm i actually didnt mention it at all! i was banned for mentioning the gig i was told "x is an unmentionable gig so you are banned" when i told him it actually isnt an unmentionable one he didnt listen!

im just going to wait and see tbh, maybe this will all blow over!

Earthhorse

My understanding is that the gig took place in a venue owned by them. Is that not the case?

justsomebloke

Earthhorse wrote: »

This is the thread on which you were banned and you were banned for mentioning the venue that should not be named. Mentioning twice in fact.

I don't know but I imagine the fact that you don't understand why you were banned might be a factor in not letting you back in?

I didn't think venue's where banned. Surely a non *** event can be mentioned even if it is being held in a premises that usually only does *** events

6th

Yeah you cant mention them, any of their venues or their acts. Afaik.

Grames is a good poster in the forum usually anyway so I'd say there wont be a problem getting back in.

_blank_

jsb wrote: »

I didn't think venue's where banned. Surely a non *** event can be mentioned even if it is being held in a premises that usually only does *** events

They own some venues.

kaimera

jsb wrote: »

I didn't think venue's where banned. Surely a non *** event can be mentioned even if it is being held in a premises that usually only does *** events

Nope.

Carpet ban on all of their stuff.

grames_bond

jsb wrote: »

I didn't think venue's where banned. Surely a non *** event can be mentioned even if it is being held in a premises that usually only does *** events

that what i thaught!

but the post in which i was banned was for mentioning the entire tour! which most certainly was NOT an *** sponsored tour!

justsomebloke

DesF wrote: »

They own some venues.

I didn't know that, and I am gathering that a lot of other people aren't aware of it either, so it may warrant being people aware of this other wise people may get perma bans for things they are completly unaware of

_blank_

grames_bond wrote: »

that what i thaught!

but the post in which i was banned was for mentioning the entire tour! which most certainly was NOT an *** sponsored tour!

Some parts of the tour were in venues owned by them.

Do you understand that part?

Still though, it said a week, it's bad form for the mod to keep ignoring your requests.

_blank_

jsb wrote: »

I didn't know that, and I am gathering that a lot of other people aren't aware of it either, so it may warrant being people aware of this other wise people may get perma bans for things they are completly unaware of

It's not up to Boards.ie to educate it's users on which venues are owned, or not, but them.

It's is up to the users to find out before they post.

aidan_walsh

DesF wrote: »

It's not up to Boards.ie to educate it's users on which venues are owned, or not, but them.

It's is up to the users to find out before they post.

That said, having the name of the venue disappear behind a shield of ******* is probably a pretty good giveaway when you submit the thread that something has gone wrong.

_blank_

aidan_walsh wrote: »

That said, having the name of the venue disappear behind a shield of ******* is probably a pretty good giveaway when you submit the thread that something has gone wrong.

This too.

grames_bond

DesF wrote: »

Some parts of the tour were in venues owned by them.

Do you understand that part?

Still though, it said a week, it's bad form for the mod to keep ignoring your requests.

but thats the thing, thats as far as it went, they may have paid for the building but thats it, they had nothing to do with the tour nor did they make any money fro mit! i feel it didnt warrent a ban, obviously the mod in question did, ive made my piece with that, i just think its been too long!

grames_bond

aidan_walsh wrote: »

That said, having the name of the venue disappear behind a shield of ******* is probably a pretty good giveaway when you submit the thread that something has gone wrong.

thats the thing, i never once mentioned that particular venue!

kaimera

aidan_walsh wrote: »

That said, having the name of the venue disappear behind a shield of ******* is probably a pretty good giveaway when you submit the thread that something has gone wrong.

cue x feedback threads asking why it was filtered.

aidan_walsh

grames_bond wrote: »

thats the thing, i never once mentioned that particular venue!

I didn't say you did, but you did hint at it which is usually enough to get a post deleted anyway.

_blank_

grames_bond wrote: »

but thats the thing, thats as far as it went, they may have paid for the building but thats it, they had nothing to do with the tour nor did they make any money fro mit!

So they gave the venue for free did they?

rly?

grames_bond wrote: »

i feel it didnt warrent a ban, obviously the mod in question did, ive made my piece with that, i just think its been to long!

Yep, I agree with this, you were told a week, the mod didn't tell you it was extended, and you PMd when you were due to be unbanned.

Do you have a copy of the PMs YOU sent in your sent items?

If so, maybe post them here, in full (but not the mod replies, not without his permission) and we can tell you if we think they were rude/abusive etc.

kaimera

we can tell you if we think they were rude/abusive etc.

text is too open to interpretation tbh.

_blank_

kaimera wrote: »

text is too open to interpretation tbh.

True, but still, maybe if some other people had a look and gave an opinion.

That's not to say that if the mod thinks they were offensive/rude/abusive that we should, or vice versa.

Just opinion.

grames, do you think you were rude?

Slow Motion

In light of legal proceedings issued by MCD, we have been advised that there is to be no further discussion of MCD or events hosted by MCD.

From the sticky at the top of this forum, it's not 100% clear whether venues owned by these people are included!

Mena

Slow Motion wrote: »

In light of legal proceedings issued by MCD, we have been advised that there is to be no further discussion of MCD or events hosted by MCD.

From the sticky at the top of this forum, it's not 100% clear whether venues owned by these people are included!

Actually it's 100% clear that venues owned by them are NOT included, as per the text. Methinks a rewording is required to save future Feedback threads.

_blank_

Boards.ie Admin in every forum on the site wrote:

no further discussion of MCD

Clear as day to me.

Slow Motion

Mena wrote: »

Actually it's 100% clear that venues owned by them are NOT included, as per the text. Methinks a rewording is required to save future Feedback threads.

I disagree, therefore it can't be 100% You are right about rewording though!

Kintarō Hattori

Rb wrote: »

That's outrageous. You should file a complaint with someone or something.

Funny as this is it would have been hilarious bar the fact that the OP has actually gained some sympathy!





(A slight backfire?)

Slow Motion

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Funny as this is it would have been hilarious bar the fact that the OP has actually gained some sympathy!





(A slight backfire?)

True, but this thread still needs catpics!

kaimera

Slow Motion wrote: »

True, but this thread still needs catpics!

Not really; the outstanding issue is the one week ban still in place after 4/5 months{?}

Rb

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Funny as this is it would have been hilarious bar the fact that the OP has actually gained some sympathy!





(A slight backfire?)

John Mason

I didnt know those who should bot be named had venues. What venues are they so i wont mention them?

this is all v ery confusing and my head hurts now

Sherifu

irishbird wrote: »

I didnt know those who should bot be named had venues. What venues are they so i wont mention them?

this is all v ery confusing and my head hurts now

There's a list on their site

www.***.ie/venues

Otacon

I think we can all acknowledge now that even mentioning their venues can get a post deleted, but I can't understand, with the information we have, why the user was banned but moreso, why its been so long?

lorweld

Sherifu wrote: »

There's a list on their site

www.***.ie/venues

Croke park, Lansdowne road etc etc are named on this are we not allowed mention these either?

Earthhorse

Sherifu wrote: »

There's a list on their site

Those aren't venues they own though, just a list of venues in Ireland.

Otacon wrote: »

...but I can't understand, with the information we have, why the user was banned

Because he did reference the venue.

Otacon wrote: »

but moreso, why its been so long?

I think because he's argued with the mod over the ban but the mod hasn't spoken here yet so we'll have to wait and see.

DeepBlue

grames_bond wrote: »

but the post in which i was banned was for mentioning the entire tour! which most certainly was NOT an *** sponsored tour!

Tbh I don't really see where you mentioned "those who shall not be named" or their venues on that thread but is there really any point arguing the issue now since you've served the ban (actually you seem to have served 20 one week bans) over it?

Sherifu

lorweld wrote: »

Croke park, Lansdowne road etc etc are named on this are we not allowed mention these either?

If it's one of their promotions then yes.

Earthhorse wrote: »

Those aren't venues they own though, just a list of venues in Ireland.

True. May help to doublecheck the gig if it's in one of those venues anyway.

Hagar

I can only assume it was Zapp Branigan who banned the OP. Zapp has been AFK for some time now for personal reasons.

I remember vaguely being involved in this incident at the time, AFAIR the event wasn't M C D sponsored but was held at a venue which is partially owned by one of the M C D principals. I admit to being confused at the time by the connection.

Regardless, a week's ban is a only week's ban so I have lifted it. I don't believe there was any malicious intent in allowing the ban to go on so long, just that the mod concerned was unavailable to lift the ban.

For future reference if your dispute/ban is not taken care of within a "reasonable" time please contact one of the other mods on the forum who will help you.

grames_bond

thanks hagar.....all is good now!

Hobbes

grames_bond wrote: »

that what i thaught!

but the post in which i was banned was for mentioning the entire tour! which most certainly was NOT an *** sponsored tour!

If it was me and the band wasn't with you know who but one event was. Then I would list every part of the tour except that part.

Hagar

Update:

I forgot to mention that Zapp is back on the air but has requested to be de-modded due to other commitments. A new mod has been proposed to the Admins and a decision is eagerly awaited. Watch this space...

Slidey

Please say its snyper!