# Aldebaran has been banned **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 31, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aldebaran-has-been-banned/282485 "2004-12-31T21:39:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aldebaran-has-been-banned/282485/1 "2004-12-31T21:39:31Z")
Aldebaran has been banned for trolling, posting information he knew or should have known was false, making veiled and not-so-veiled threats, and refusing to cooperate with the mods. He has received numerous warnings, most recently in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=293372&page=3). Other warnings include: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=3600089#post3600089](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=3600089#post3600089) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=3600110#post3600110](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=3600110#post3600110) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=5620802#post5620802](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=5620802#post5620802) We take this step with reluctance and after long debate. Aldebaran represents a viewpoint not often heard from on the SDMB. However, while users of this board are free to express their views forcefully, we expect them to do so in a civil manner. This Aldebaran has repeatedly failed to do. We take this opportunity to remind **all** users in these difficult times that hate speech, inflammatory remarks, threats, etc., will not be tolerated on this board. Users who cannot behave themselves will be banned. ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aldebaran-has-been-banned/282485/2 "2004-12-31T21:52:19Z")
Wow! That is a total suprise. Well, not really, just a suprise it took so long to finally pull the trigger. ---
**Author:** ![alterego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aldebaran-has-been-banned/282485/3 "2004-12-31T22:05:04Z")
Can we have a list of everyone who has been banned that is updated when someone is banned? Perhaps a thread only updateable by admins? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aldebaran-has-been-banned/282485/4 "2004-12-31T22:09:16Z")
> [@alterego](#): > > Can we have a list of everyone who has been banned that is updated when someone is banned? Perhaps a thread only updateable by admins? I doubt they would do this. A list of The Banned would also be considered as feeding the trolls. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aldebaran-has-been-banned/282485/5 "2004-12-31T22:15:13Z")
A search in AMTB on “banned” in the title would do that just as easily and not feed egos. ---
**Author:** ![alterego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aldebaran-has-been-banned/282485/6 "2004-12-31T22:31:35Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > I doubt they would do this. A list of The Banned would also be considered as feeding the trolls. No more than these threads. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aldebaran-has-been-banned/282485/7 "2004-12-31T22:42:06Z")
Oh, well… some of us tried to see if we could get him to ratchet it down a bit, but it does take 2 to tango. Of course now he must feel totally convinced that we indeed had it in for him and for his ideas. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aldebaran-has-been-banned/282485/8 "2004-12-31T22:44:38Z")
> [@alterego](#): > > No more than these threads. The difference between these threads and a master list of The Banned is that the most egregious trolls don’t get one dedicated to them. Their prirmary purpose is to answer the inevitable question of “Why was so & so banned?” Adding a master list of The Banned would likely result in being invaded by people who want nothing more with us than getting their name added to such a list. ---
**Author:** ![Maendosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@Maendosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maendosa)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aldebaran-has-been-banned/282485/9 "2004-12-31T22:48:58Z")
Good. ---
**Author:** ![alterego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aldebaran-has-been-banned/282485/10 "2004-12-31T22:54:49Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > The difference between these threads and a master list of The Banned is that the most egregious trolls don’t get one dedicated to them. Their prirmary purpose is to answer the inevitable question of “Why was so & so banned?” > > Adding a master list of The Banned would likely result in being invaded by people who want nothing more with us than getting their name added to such a list. That’s a ridiculous argument. Likewise, why wouldn’t The Banned want their very own banned thread? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aldebaran-has-been-banned/282485/11 "2004-12-31T23:05:06Z")
> [@alterego](#): > > That’s a ridiculous argument. Perhaps but I’ll bet it’s not much different from the official line. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aldebaran-has-been-banned/282485/12 "2004-12-31T23:30:09Z")
> [@Maendosa](#): > > Good. Stop. ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aldebaran-has-been-banned/282485/13 "2004-12-31T23:36:50Z")
Goddamnit. ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aldebaran-has-been-banned/282485/14 "2004-12-31T23:41:41Z")
My last post could be misconstrued. To clairfy: He probably deserved it, but it didn’t have to go down that way if he had just held his tounge a bit at some key times. It’s very frustrating. Will we ever be able to talk to each other? In other words: goddamnit. ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aldebaran-has-been-banned/282485/15 "2004-12-31T23:43:03Z")
And by “we”, I don’t mean me and **Aldeberran** , but “we” in the sense of the human race. I’ll shut up now. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aldebaran-has-been-banned/282485/16 "2004-12-31T23:46:21Z")
Note that this announcement is made in the forum “About this message board” where we are civil and well-mannered to each other. No flaming, no piling up on **Aldebaran** who is not able to defend himself. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aldebaran-has-been-banned/282485/17 "2004-12-31T23:49:04Z")
> [@vibrotronica](#): > > …held his tongue a bit at some key times… > > goddamnit. Perfect encapsulation. This is what I meant by “Stop.” ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aldebaran-has-been-banned/282485/18 "2004-12-31T23:56:54Z")
**Good Heavens. Sorry, Dex.** > [@C K Dexter Haven](#): > > Note that this announcement is made in the forum “About this message board” where we are civil and well-mannered to each other. No flaming, no piling up on **Aldebaran** who is not able to defend himself. ---
**Author:** ![Sutremaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@Sutremaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sutremaine)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aldebaran-has-been-banned/282485/19 "2005-01-01T00:26:44Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > A search in AMTB on “banned” in the title would do that just as easily and not feed egos. I was under the impression that bans weren’t announced until recently. But that’s neither here nor there-- anyone that interested in bannings will go looking for profiles or old threads in which the bannee posted. It is kind of a shame that _Aldebaran_ is no more (I thought he was quite a nice guy when he wasn’t being a hysterical jerk), but he abused the leniency given to him. I only wish that he could have seen that and cooled his head before it came to this. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2005, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aldebaran-has-been-banned/282485/20 "2005-01-01T00:34:11Z")
Unlike most of the Banned, I repected him, if I did not always agree with him. ☹ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aldebaran-has-been-banned/282485.md?page=2)