# BANNED vs Banned? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 4, 2003, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-vs-banned/199494 "2003-09-04T10:18:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Swoop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Swoop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swoop)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-vs-banned/199494/1 "2003-09-04T10:18:48Z")
For the most part, in the status bit under a member’s name, once a member is banned it says “BANNED”, but every now and then I see “Banned”… what’s the deal? are there degrees of bannedness? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-vs-banned/199494/2 "2003-09-04T10:24:51Z")
If it’s anything like EZBoard, the status is typed in by hand - so it’s down to the moderator’s typing style. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-vs-banned/199494/3 "2003-09-04T10:28:34Z")
I don’t think that’s it. I’ll bet anything that a string like “banned” is already set into the vB system. Perhaps the “Banned” string is from the old software, and “BANNED” is from the newer software. ---
**Author:** ![ReuvenB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@ReuvenB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReuvenB)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-vs-banned/199494/4 "2003-09-04T10:33:09Z")
Well, IIRC, there was also someone who was banned who had “Too stupid to live” put under their name. So I’m guessing it is typed in by hand, and that **jjim** is right on this one. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-vs-banned/199494/5 "2003-09-04T12:04:19Z")
Yes, sometimes it’s typed by hand. So there. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**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:** [September 5, 2003, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-vs-banned/199494/6 "2003-09-05T00:11:11Z")
Sometimes, my quill pen spatters and it comes out “BAMNED” ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-vs-banned/199494/7 "2003-09-05T00:31:04Z")
I can see “Too stupid to live” being typed in by hand, since it was used once only. But “Banned”? Why wouldn’t it be saved? You would think vB had thought of that. ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-vs-banned/199494/8 "2003-09-05T02:11:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by C K Dexter Haven \* > \*\*Sometimes, my quill pen spatters and it comes out “BAMNED” \*\* Emirl is now a mod! :eek: