# Frank, FYI. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 16, 2007, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-fyi/392500 "2007-02-16T16:54:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-fyi/392500/1 "2007-02-16T16:54:41Z")
\*\*skottkris \*\*is showing up as BANNED. Glitch? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-fyi/392500/2 "2007-02-16T16:57:23Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] \*\*skottkris \*\*is showing up as BANNED. Glitch? [/QUOTE] No. Moderators cannot change a member’s title; an admin will have to do that when one has a chance. Suspension is essentially a limited-term banning, hence the default to BANNED. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-fyi/392500/3 "2007-02-16T16:59:46Z")
Not exactly. VBulletin gives mods the option of banning members for some specified amount of time (a suspension), or permanently but to actually change the title from BANNED to SUSPENDED requires admin intervention, I believe. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-fyi/392500/4 "2007-02-16T18:04:50Z")
Thanks, guys. Asked and answered. Feel free to close.