# Has a SDMB moderator ever been banned? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 6, 2001, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-sdmb-moderator-ever-been-banned/80056 "2001-09-06T16:10:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-sdmb-moderator-ever-been-banned/80056/1 "2001-09-06T16:10:29Z")
All the issues with posters being banned has made me wonder. Has a SDMB moderator ever been banned or strongly disciplined? If so, what were the circumstances? ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-sdmb-moderator-ever-been-banned/80056/2 "2001-09-06T16:26:15Z")
Yes, a moderator called Melin was banned. See [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=8465) for details. Fran Suspecting that once the answers given, this thread will be closed. La la la. ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-sdmb-moderator-ever-been-banned/80056/3 "2001-09-06T16:28:37Z")
Forgot to say - Melin wasn’t a moderator when she got banned, but she had been previously. ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-sdmb-moderator-ever-been-banned/80056/4 "2001-09-06T17:00:11Z")
Thanks Francesca. Makes for good readin’! ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-sdmb-moderator-ever-been-banned/80056/5 "2001-09-06T17:13:00Z")
We get panned all the time. Mostly we get rave reviews, but sometimes the critics hate us. What are you gonna do, but soldier on and start working on your next hit? ---
**Author:** ![Opinionated\_Expert\_14057](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e68b1a/32.png) [@Opinionated\_Expert\_14057](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Opinionated_Expert_14057)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-sdmb-moderator-ever-been-banned/80056/6 "2001-09-06T17:39:28Z")
I notice some mods never get panned. I don’t recall you ever catching flack. Maybe you could share the secret of your success with the ones who do? ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-sdmb-moderator-ever-been-banned/80056/7 "2001-09-06T17:41:19Z")
I was wondering if a moderated had ever been tanned. I figure you guys must sit around in windowless rooms, never seeing the light of day. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-sdmb-moderator-ever-been-banned/80056/8 "2001-09-06T17:58:15Z")
How about canned? Has any SDMB moderator ever been canned? ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-sdmb-moderator-ever-been-banned/80056/9 "2001-09-06T18:38:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Amp \* > \*\*…Has any SDMB moderator ever been canned? \*\* Or caned? That could be, um, thought-provoking… ::goes off to think:: ---
**Author:** ![Mars\_Horizon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mars_horizon/32/2804_2.png) [@Mars\_Horizon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mars_Horizon)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-sdmb-moderator-ever-been-banned/80056/10 "2001-09-06T18:43:59Z")
Has any SDMB moderator even been fanned? [sub]I have this mental image of Tuba and Lynn reclining on couches with large, buff men feeding them grapes and waving those palm frond things over them :D[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-sdmb-moderator-ever-been-banned/80056/11 "2001-09-06T19:09:56Z")
I don’t think any of them have ever been _planned_. They were all the results of an evening’s indescretion on Cecil’s part. As the Perfect Master, he likes to relax with a little wine and sometimes it leads to… well, it leads to little baby moderators. One they arrive though, they’re so goshdarned cute that he usually keeps them. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-sdmb-moderator-ever-been-banned/80056/12 "2001-09-06T20:55:27Z")
Well, several of us have been [trepanned](http://www.trepan.com). ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-sdmb-moderator-ever-been-banned/80056/13 "2001-09-06T21:24:41Z")
I believe that if we check, we’d find that some have been **manned** some have **land** some have played in the **sand** , it’s just possible that one has been **vanned**. But anything else, of course would be shear speculation. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-sdmb-moderator-ever-been-banned/80056/14 "2001-09-06T22:08:22Z")
Are any of you in a band? ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-sdmb-moderator-ever-been-banned/80056/15 "2001-09-06T22:23:43Z")
Damnation, this thread is **bland**. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2001, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-sdmb-moderator-ever-been-banned/80056/16 "2001-09-07T00:06:31Z")
Was this thread inspired by Ayn Rand? ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-sdmb-moderator-ever-been-banned/80056/17 "2001-09-07T00:11:50Z")
Dare I say… Damned? ---
**Author:** ![Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tommy_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-sdmb-moderator-ever-been-banned/80056/18 "2001-09-07T00:29:41Z")
If one were to build a bridge over the mods, would they be **spanned**? ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-sdmb-moderator-ever-been-banned/80056/19 "2001-09-07T01:18:07Z")
I tried to catch flack, but I usually ended up missing or else it bounced right out of the glove. So they kicked me off the flackball team. Bastards! :mad: But little do they know that I have a super-evil plan for revenge (maniacal laughter). ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-sdmb-moderator-ever-been-banned/80056/20 "2001-09-07T02:30:30Z")
Well, now, ain’t this grand? Let’s all give everyone here a hand! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-sdmb-moderator-ever-been-banned/80056.md?page=2)