No access to current affairs forum

Run Forest Run

Hello,

Not sure where I should post this issue, so please move if needed.

I posted comments in two different threads on the current affairs forum, and when I logged back in later in the day I no longer had any access to the entire forum. I have not received and correspondence or notifications about this issue by PM, so I have no idea what is happening with access to this particular section of the site.

Would appreciate if someone could advise me on what the issue could be. Thanks.

This message pops up whenever I attempt to click on any topic within the current affairs forum:

Boards.ie Message

You do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

1. Your user account may be banned from this forum or may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
2. If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

My account is not waiting activation, as I already completed this step from the email I received after registering. Any help appreciated thanks.

Run Forest Run

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@Mr E

@Beasty

Sorry guys, I haven't got a clue what's going on here or what the issue is exactly. So I've just picked out some of you who might be in charge of this particular area in the hope you might be able to help. Thanks.

Gremlinertia

I can't help anyway as your profile is private hopefully someone else tagged can help..

ancapailldorcha

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119598908#Comment_119598908

Same here.

Sephiroth_dude

Set your profile to public and we'll have a look.

Dial Hard

I thought private profiles were being disabled anyway?

Beasty

You were banned from the forum by Ten of Swords for trolling

Run Forest Run

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119603819#Comment_119603819

Okay thanks Beasty.

I didn't receive any notification of this ban, or any indication about what exactly in my posts was considered trolling.

Is this normal procedure? Is there any way of disputing this ban without knowing why it was given? Cheers.

Beasty

Unfortunately there is no automatic notification of bans on this platform. For Current Affairs the most active mods are Ten of Swords and myself (indeed we do the vast majority of moderation in the forum). Dropping one of us a PM will initiate the appeal process and if the other one is involved we can let you know. Unfortunately this is one of the shortcomings with the new platform. I am encouraging mods to issue a nil point warning to explain the ban whenever issuing a forum ban, but that is something mods need to remember to do (and TBH I've on occasion forgotten to do this)

If you PM the mod they can provide more details. You need to discuss it with the mod and try to resolve this directly. If that does not reach a satisfactory conclusion you can then start a thread in the Dispute Resolution Forum (which is a sub-forum of this Help Desk forum), setting out the basis of your appeal and indeed any PM conversation with the mod concerning the ban

Run Forest Run

I pm'd the mod in question there yesterday. So just awaiting their response.

Run Forest Run

@Beasty

I think I've given the mod a fair amount of time, but 3 days now without reply. So what is the protocol now?

Should I get this thread moved to the dispute resolution forum? It's not easy to dispute a ban when I don't know the mods exact reasoning.

Spear

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119630207#Comment_119630207

If you've made the effort to PM the mod to discuss and didn't receive a response, then start a thread in the Dispute Resolution forum, and the category mods will review it.