# How did Wildest Bill get banned?

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**Created:** [November 19, 2001, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-wildest-bill-get-banned/94136 "2001-11-19T02:29:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![samboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@samboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samboy)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-wildest-bill-get-banned/94136/1 "2001-11-19T02:29:58Z")

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I was just reading an old GD thread started by Wildest Bill and it says under his name BANNED instead of member.

I always thought that he was a bit wild but what specifically did he do to get kicked off?

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**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-wildest-bill-get-banned/94136/2 "2001-11-19T03:48:13Z")

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[Link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=93966)

FWIW, I think the mods prefer “Why did [INSERT NAME OF LATEST BANDEE] get banned?” threads to be in the pit.

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-wildest-bill-get-banned/94136/3 "2001-11-19T05:33:29Z")

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Er, I think that actually the mods prefer that all questions about “why was so-and-so banned?” be confined to e-mail, as in “e-mail a mod and ask”.

It just picks at the scabs, you know? 😉

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**Author:** ![107.7\_the\_Bone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ea666f/32.png) [@107.7\_the\_Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/107.7_the_Bone)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-wildest-bill-get-banned/94136/4 "2001-11-20T02:59:22Z")

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Um… If they are that uptight, then why is the thread linked to into its third page and not locked?

Maybe it’s more like rubbing your funnybone than picking a scab.

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**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-wildest-bill-get-banned/94136/5 "2001-11-20T08:57:30Z")

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> If they are that uptight, then why is the thread linked to into its third page and not locked?

Whoever said they were uptight? It’s just that rampant gossip is discouraged.