# Charter Member Desmostylus banned **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 30, 2005, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-desmostylus-banned/306092 "2005-05-30T14:39:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2005, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-desmostylus-banned/306092/1 "2005-05-30T14:39:05Z")
For various offenses, including: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=2719582#post2719582](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=2719582#post2719582) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=4383730#post4383730](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=4383730#post4383730) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=260014&page=5](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=260014&page=5) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=5077165#post5077165](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=5077165#post5077165) (final warning by TVeb) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=276097&page=2&pp=50](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=276097&page=2&pp=50) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=5108868#post5108868](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=5108868#post5108868) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=318283&page=2&pp=50](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=318283&page=2&pp=50) In addition, we are discussing some administrative changes to make “final warnings” easier for us to track. We don’t normally allow three wanrings after a “final”, so don’t y’all think you can get away with that. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2005, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-desmostylus-banned/306092/2 "2005-05-30T15:02:35Z")
> [@Gaudere](#): > > In addition, we are discussing some administrative changes to make “final warnings” easier for us to track. Make it their title. **Username** On Final Warning 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2005, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-desmostylus-banned/306092/3 "2005-05-30T15:12:44Z")
I thought about that, but I may as well change their title to “If You Don’t Like Me, Please Bait Me Continually Until I Lose It and Get Banned” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2005, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-desmostylus-banned/306092/4 "2005-05-30T15:13:42Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > Make it their title. > > **Username** > On Final Warning > > 😛 That’s not a bad approach. Maybe “Provisional Member” would carry less of the Scarlet Letter effect, but still remind both the user and the mods of a tenuous status. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2005, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-desmostylus-banned/306092/5 "2005-05-30T15:14:48Z")
> [@Gaudere](#): > > I thought about that, but I may as well change their title to “If You Don’t Like Me, Please Bait Me Continually Until I Lose It and Get Banned” 😃 Oops! Okay, nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2005, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-desmostylus-banned/306092/6 "2005-05-30T15:16:50Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Maybe “Provisional Member” would carry less of the Scarlet Letter effect, but still remind both the **user** and the mods of a tenuous status. My bolding. I hadn’t thought of that part, and that’s a good thought. Perhaps seeing a title under their username would help keep them on their toes. But **gaudere** probably has a point about the baiting thing. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2005, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-desmostylus-banned/306092/7 "2005-05-30T15:21:38Z")
I mostly regret the loss of a fine [Username](http://www.geocities.co.jp/NatureLand/5218/desumosutirusu.html). It’s a pity the guy couldn’t rein it in, because he did know some biology. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2005, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-desmostylus-banned/306092/8 "2005-05-30T15:29:29Z")
You need a sticky thread in a mods-only forum listing warnings and offences. Or maybe a sticky in the ATMB forum would suffice, since that’s probably not a hot-viewing spot for most members 😉 ---
**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:** [May 30, 2005, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-desmostylus-banned/306092/9 "2005-05-30T15:55:14Z")
Yep, thanks. **Barbarian**. It was suggested and implemented this morning at the private Moderators’ coffee and donut session, before you suggested it. Great minds run along the same wossnames. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2005, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-desmostylus-banned/306092/10 "2005-05-30T16:09:55Z")
In the third link posted both l **issener** and **vanilla** are listed as guests, rather than banned. Wassup? ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2005, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-desmostylus-banned/306092/11 "2005-05-30T16:35:52Z")
There’s been some weirdness since the Charter Member/Member split, and some "BANNED"s are now “Guests”. Also, we now have to change usertitles manually when we ban someone, rather than just changing their settings. It’s something we’ll need Jerry to fix for good, I think. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-desmostylus-banned/306092/12 "2005-05-30T16:36:54Z")
> [@](#): > > listed as guests, rather than banned. Wassup? Fallout from the “charter member” vs “member” coding changes. Some people who had acquired a banned status were swept up in the mass change and we are having to go back and manually reset their labels. Getting them set to “guest” was a first pass that could be done with a minimum of direct tech intervention. Jerry is getting to the list of changes needed, but he has to satisfy his day job, first. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2005, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-desmostylus-banned/306092/13 "2005-05-30T17:30:07Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > a fine [Username](http://www.geocities.co.jp/NatureLand/5218/desumosutirusu.html). Looks just like him too! I’ll miss him in GQ, where he contributed many useful bits. ---
**Author:** ![Polerius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d78d45/32.png) [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2005, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-desmostylus-banned/306092/14 "2005-05-30T18:27:10Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > It’s a pity the guy couldn’t rein it in, because he did know some biology. If he was that useful in some forums, and he behaved well in those forums, wouldn’t it be a good feature if people like him were banned from certain forums, but allowed to post in others where their contributions are valuable? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2005, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-desmostylus-banned/306092/15 "2005-05-30T18:37:34Z")
> [@Polerius](#): > > If he was that useful in some forums, and he behaved well in those forums, wouldn’t it be a good feature if people like him were banned from certain forums, but allowed to post in others where their contributions are valuable? Check the links. He didn’t behave too well in GQ either. At least 3 of his warnings were in innocuous GQ threads. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2005, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-desmostylus-banned/306092/16 "2005-05-30T19:08:45Z")
> [@C K Dexter Haven](#): > > It was suggested and implemented this morning at the private Moderators’ coffee and donut session… **Gaudere** hogged all the glazed. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2005, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-desmostylus-banned/306092/17 "2005-05-30T19:16:06Z")
I am sorry to see this come to pass. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Acetylsalicylic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Acetylsalicylic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acetylsalicylic)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2005, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-desmostylus-banned/306092/18 "2005-05-30T21:25:01Z")
vBulletin software includes the ability to add usernotes to each account. Use them - one click will quickly show how many warnings any particular user has. Simply update the member’s usernotes every time a formal warning is given. You can even add a link to the offensive post or thread, creating a running tally. One note - though turned off by default, each usergroup can be given permissions to view usernotes. Make sure that only the people who _should_ see them _can_ see them. ---
**Author:** ![Acetylsalicylic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Acetylsalicylic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acetylsalicylic)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2005, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-desmostylus-banned/306092/19 "2005-05-30T21:28:15Z")
Just an observation - some of those warnings are really, really old. ---
**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2005, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-desmostylus-banned/306092/20 "2005-05-30T22:24:05Z")
What about his username? Is he a Ducati owner? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-desmostylus-banned/306092.md?page=2)