# "No warning given" **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 14, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-warning-given/596325 "2011-09-14T18:39:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [September 15, 2011, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-warning-given/596325/21 "2011-09-15T20:34:10Z")
> [@Capitaine\_Zombie](#): > > ok, suppose a doper manages to stay a long time and gets more than a few warnings (I think it was Dio’s case), do you need a last warning-worthy offence to finally ban that person? (and if you do, do you post what was the offence and the warning attached in the relevant thread? I didnt see it in Dio’s case [not trying to open an under-the-radar Dio thread but I have always wondered about this and Dio’s situation is exactly what I was wondering about]). People are rarely banned for a single post, but rather for an overall pattern of behavior over an extended period of time. If people persist with the same kind of behavior for which they have been warned repeatedly, they become candidates for suspension. A suspension is intended as the last “wake-up call” before permanent banning. If a poster comes back from suspension, and once again starts to rack up warnings and mod notes for similar behavior, we are forced to conclude they are either unwilling or unable to change and become subject to banning. So no, the final offense does not have to be a major one, it just has to convince us that the poster is not going to change. > [@](#): > > Also, do you have to close every (or most) threads where the OP is banned (in a lot of cases, the OP has just started the thread, it isnt linked to him specifically)? No, not at all. We do that mainly if the OP was trolling or perhaps posting in the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-warning-given/596325/22 "2011-09-15T21:19:09Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > At the very bottom, where it says “Latest Infractions Received.” I assume the header is still there even if you haven’t received any. I wouldn’t know though! Apparently not, I don’t see anything. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-warning-given/596325/23 "2011-09-15T21:25:39Z")
That’s weird…I would think it would be part of the structure, not just turned on if you have infractions. But if you don’t have that section it must work that way. -XT ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-warning-given/596325/24 "2011-09-15T21:29:50Z")
I would think that the overwhelming majority of users have no infractions whatsoever. And a small group have one. And an even smaller group has multiple. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2011, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-warning-given/596325/25 "2011-09-16T00:01:18Z")
Well, at least I’m in an elite group, so to speak. 😛 -XT ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-warning-given/596325/26 "2011-09-16T00:56:22Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > It’s not really a points system. It isn’t “The Long Walk,” where if you get X warnings in Y time you get shot. You should market that concept as a reality show. People would watch. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-warning-given/596325/27 "2011-09-16T01:22:09Z")
> [@Kolga](#): > > You should market that concept as a reality show. People would watch. Stephen King story, written as Richard Bachman. Weak ending, imo, but still one of my fav’s of the Bachman books. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-warning-given/596325/28 "2011-09-16T13:33:01Z")
> [@Tristan](#): > > Stephen King story, written as Richard Bachman. Weak ending, imo, but still one of my fav’s of the Bachman books. I am aware of the story. I was referring to the concept as applied to warnings on this board. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-warning-given/596325.md?page=1)