# List of the Banned **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 11, 2010, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-the-banned/549965 "2010-08-11T18:52:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-the-banned/549965/21 "2010-08-12T19:40:44Z")
I’m not sure you are correct about the right winger idea. But if you want to know why they were banned, read the announcements. That’s what they are for. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-the-banned/549965/22 "2010-08-12T20:07:32Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > It is true that some of the recent banshees were right wingers who were very impolite. But that is not enough to ban them. I just wonder what was the last straw. Some were practically begging to get banned. Of the posters listed by **Marley** , only **Jimmy Joe Meager** and **bullrun** I think were clearly “right wing.” The first was banned for socking, and the second was essentially trolling. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-the-banned/549965/23 "2010-08-13T00:11:57Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I’m not sure you are correct about the right winger idea. But if you want to know why they were banned, read the announcements. That’s what they are for. The point is a simple notice saying Smedley was banned because he told the moderator to blow it out his ass, would be simple to do. There is no reason for piling on. Just a line or two of information. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-the-banned/549965/24 "2010-08-13T00:21:04Z")
And that information is provided in an ATMB thread when a long-time member is banned because of an ongoing pattern of bad behavior. Socks and spammers do not get explanatory threads. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-the-banned/549965/25 "2010-08-13T03:02:56Z")
[QUOTE=gonzomax] I noticed a few had banned under their names. I think the banning with proper reasoning should be in "about this message board’. It is the board death penalty after all. [/QUOTE] It’s not, though. I’ve seen several people (including you, actually) who were banned for a time and then allowed to come back. Most of the folks who are permanently banned seem to be, as noted, spammers (or one trick pony types with an agenda), socks, or folks who work REALLY hard to piss off the Mods enough to get rid of them. Only long time members who get the ax really rate an ATMB thread detailing why they (finally) got the boot…at least, IMHO. Anything else (especially for the troll types) would be both playing into their plans and too freaking much work for the Mods…again, IMHO and FWIW and all that. -XT ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-the-banned/549965/26 "2010-08-13T03:09:18Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > The point is a simple notice saying Smedley was banned because he told the moderator to blow it out his ass, would be simple to do. There is no reason for piling on. Just a line or two of information. I’m trying to tell you that we do that. [It looks like this.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=573649) We don’t post a list of everybody we’ve banned, but when we ban someone we do explain why. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-the-banned/549965/27 "2010-08-13T03:15:43Z")
(As it turns out, I can resist, since I don’t want to join the list, so never mind. Carry on) -XT ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-the-banned/549965/28 "2010-08-13T03:21:48Z")
> [@xtisme](#): > > (As it turns out, I can resist, since I don’t want to join the list, so never mind. Carry on) > > -XT I saw what you did there. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-the-banned/549965/29 "2010-08-13T03:37:37Z")
I don’t have any idea what you are talking abou… _points to the left_ Hey! Look! Isn’t that an elephant…?!? -XT ---
**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:** [August 13, 2010, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-the-banned/549965/30 "2010-08-13T04:00:16Z")
> [@xtisme](#): > > I’ve seen several people (including you, actually) who were banned for a time and then allowed to come back. Just to clarify, in the distant past posters were banned and that was it. A few individuals were allowed back after they were able to convince the administration that they would be better behaved in the future. Almost all of these returnees ended up being banned again when that turned out not to be the case. More recently, we’ve instituted a policy of (usually) suspending a poster for a fixed period of time (often 30 days) before imposing a permanent ban. If, after they return, they subsequently get warnings for behavior similar to that which resulted in the suspension, that will result in a permanent ban. **gonzomax** has not been banned in the past. He was, however, suspended for a month in March. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-the-banned/549965/31 "2010-08-13T12:46:09Z")
Maybe, though, when someone long-term is banned, it would be good to post a thread in ATMB announcing it and briefly explaining why. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-the-banned/549965/32 "2010-08-13T13:33:15Z")
> [@xtisme](#): > > (As it turns out, I can resist, since I don’t want to join the list, so never mind. Carry on) > > -XT No you can not. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-the-banned/549965/33 "2010-08-13T13:47:29Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Maybe, though, when someone long-term is banned, it would be good to post a thread in ATMB announcing it and briefly explaining why. That’s exactly what they do. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-the-banned/549965/34 "2010-08-13T14:10:22Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > > [@Smeghead](#): > > > > Maybe, though, when someone long-term is banned, it would be good to post a thread in ATMB announcing it and briefly explaining why. > > That’s exactly what they do. Still, there’s no reason we couldn’t post an announcement. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-the-banned/549965/35 "2010-08-13T14:13:05Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > **Rhythmdvl** : > > Speaking as an MPSIMS mod (that being a likely place for such a thread) – seems like a bad idea to me. One of the reasons we discourage talking about bannees after their departure is that they can’t respond if it turns into a pile-on, and the thread you suggest seems ripe for that kind of nastiness. (“Yeah, you think _he_ was a jerk? **soandso** was a _real_ asshole!”) Some of these people are long-gone – others, not so much. There was a thread like that not too long ago of “great flame-outs” or something like that. As I recall it basically went like Twick said. Made for much less exciting reading than you would think. On the general idea of a banned list; one board I used to frequent decided to go with a “Wall of Shame” listing all the banned members. It almost became a competition for folks fading away from posting to get banned and in the most dramatic manner possible. That basically killed the board from 50 - 60 posts an hour to maybe 5 a week. No one wants to say much when its just going to start a fur-ball that was going to happen anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-the-banned/549965/36 "2010-08-13T14:50:17Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > > [@Smeghead](#): > > > > Maybe, though, when someone long-term is banned, it would be good to post a thread in ATMB announcing it and briefly explaining why. > > That’s exactly what they do. Whoosh. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-the-banned/549965/37 "2010-08-13T17:53:31Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > > [@hajario](#): > > > > That’s exactly what they do. > > Whoosh. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-the-banned/549965/38 "2010-08-13T19:06:33Z")
**gonzomax** : “Is there a list of the banned anyplace?” Sure, [Wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Band). Rick Danko, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel, Robbie Robertson, and Levon Helm. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2010, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-the-banned/549965/39 "2010-08-15T04:30:32Z")
Virgil Cane? No, maybe not. ---
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-the-banned/549965/40 "2010-08-17T03:27:12Z")
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