# "Banned" sticky? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 3, 2004, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-sticky/248368 "2004-06-03T01:02:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-sticky/248368/1 "2004-06-03T01:02:07Z")
Would it be possible to set up a sticky listing those who have failed the ultimate test, and a brief reason _why_ they were booted? It would save a lot of bandwidth, as then nobody would start “What happened to…?” threads. It would also shut off the meaningless chatter as people guess, counterguess, and generally annoy the mods. Just askin’… ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-sticky/248368/2 "2004-06-03T01:13:37Z")
**silenus** , I’m not a mod, and I can’t tell you what they think, but that sounds like a good idea in theory, and impossible to implement: 1. The Dope has existed for five years (I think; 99 is the earliest registration date I’ve seen). 2. There isn’t really any cycle of bannings to judge how many have taken place, but there are probably around a few thousand. 3. Estimating very conservatively, let’s say that there have been 500 posters banned total. 4. Do you know how long it would take to compile a sticky like that? Maybe we just hang out in different places, but I’ve seen a couple of 'what happened to…" threads ever, and I’ve been here about as long as you have. I think more bandwidth would be taken up by your idea than by the present system. Again, I am not a mod, and I’ve no idea what they’ll say, but I don’t think that will work out. It’s a sound idea, just impracticable. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-sticky/248368/3 "2004-06-03T01:28:33Z")
Yeah, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Start it with the switch to pay, and limit it to say 50 items. 00/00/00 name troll 00/00/00 name jerk etc. Again, just a suggestion… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-sticky/248368/4 "2004-06-03T01:43:19Z")
Trolls would love to have their name up in lights. Why give them what they want? ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-sticky/248368/5 "2004-06-03T02:17:56Z")
Maybe just limit it to non-troll bannings, or posters who had more than 1,500 posts under their belt? (Assuming that they weren’t a troll who posted 1,500+ times on a single day, or something.) ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-sticky/248368/6 "2004-06-03T04:01:47Z")
They could also define discussing bannings to be a bannable offense, which would have the same effect and be pretty amusing to watch. ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-sticky/248368/7 "2004-06-03T04:40:26Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Would it be possible to set up a sticky listing those who have failed the ultimate test, and a brief reason _why_ they were booted? It would save a lot of bandwidth, as then nobody would start “What happened to…?” threads. It would also shut off the meaningless chatter as people guess, counterguess, and generally annoy the mods. Just askin’… No, such a list is unlikely to ever be made available to the membership. Also, from: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb...45&postcount=12](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb...45&postcount=12) > [@Arnold Winkelried](#): > > If you have a question about bannings / banned users, the staff prefer that you e-mail a staff member (administrator or moderator) rather than asking publicly on the board. Since this issue is currently being discussed in [another](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=259318) thread, I’ll close this one. - **xash** General Questions Moderator