# Officially protesting the warning Colibri gave me.

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**Created:** [October 21, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-protesting-the-warning-colibri-gave-me/600390 "2011-10-21T20:14:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-protesting-the-warning-colibri-gave-me/600390/63 "2011-10-23T20:02:18Z")

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> [@CarnalK](#):
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> I was sure this was going to be about the [warning Stoid](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=14359354&postcount=33) got a week ago in her Michael Jackson thread. The ironic thing is that she got warned for scolding someone.

Technically, what she received was neither a warning nor a scolding but a \*\*\*warming, \*\*\*which I believe is similar to a _ **spanking** _:

> [@So Michael Jackson's whole body was white - how?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-michael-jacksons-whole-body-was-white-how/599573/39):
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> No, no one owns threads here, Stoid. I’m issuing you a warming for not following a moderator’s instructions to stop junior modding, stop highjacking a thread, and take any further beefs to ATMB or the pit.
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> Ellen Cherry  
> IMHO moderator

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