I have a complaint regarding the banning of a member

johngalway · 2007-08-20 00:08:26

This is the first time I've complained about anything here. I think I'm doing it in the right spot but there are more stickies directing me to another department than in the Dept. of Ag. So here I go. A member, who I only know from the shooting part of this forum was banned today I believe. He was active in this thread in…

20-08-2007 12:08AM

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johngalway

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This is the first time I've complained about anything here. I think I'm doing it in the right spot but there are more stickies directing me to another department than in the Dept. of Ag. So here I go.

A member, who I only know from the shooting part of this forum was banned today I believe.

He was active in this thread in After Hours. A drunken, by their own admission, moderator was baiting him and Clare Gunner took that bait. CG chose his words unwisely in my opinion but I believe he was speaking in the heat of the moment and any threat of legal action was an empty one.

How is it that Admin did not give CG a warning or a week cooling off period or some lesser sentence other than a permenant ban?

How is it that Admin apparently support the actions of a drunken moderator when moderators should be setting a good example?

What action has/is being taken against the moderator in question (Terry)?

Why should ordinary members put up with this apparent abuse of power?

Now I only have 200 and something posts, which isn't a spit in the ocean compared to some, but this behaviour doesn't encourage me to add to that number in all honesty.

Regards,

John.

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#2 20-08-2007 08:28AM

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CG was banned indefinitely until the matter is cleared up. There's a thread in Feedback discussing it.

Regardless of who you are, threatening boards.ie with legal action will result in a siteban - no matter how tongue-in-cheek or thinly veiled.

I will review the thread in question when I get a chance at some point today, but tbh it seems like a storm in a teacup.

We don't require that moderators be sober while on boards. They're volunteers, not employees. That's not to say that taking action against a user purely because you're drunk is acceptable, but it's never come up yet. I understand Terry didn't do anything to Clare Gunner, with the exception of perhaps baiting him (as I say, I've yet to review the thread), so on the face of it, I don't see a problem. Terry could have been paralytic, but that's no reason to prevent him posting on boards.

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#3 20-08-2007 09:23AM

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seamus wrote:

Regardless of who you are, threatening boards.ie with legal action will result in a siteban - no matter how tongue-in-cheek or thinly veiled.

I also have not seen the thread in question.
However, as seamus said, any kind of legal threat to this site is taken very seriously for obvious reasons and a poster will automatically get a temp site ban as a result.

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#4 20-08-2007 11:30AM

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I'm moving my comments to the thread on same in Feedback.

Seamus, thanks for your above comment.

Beruthiel, I suggest that you do read it as it's content is important.

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