# still have no answered why **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 11, 2016, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-have-no-answered-why/751864 "2016-04-11T05:55:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-have-no-answered-why/751864/1 "2016-04-11T05:55:17Z")
You closed my thread about this warning after oly aroudn 40 replies, while one of your pets, got to whine on for over 200 posts. For this post: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/...2#post19242122](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/...2#post19242122) _Captain Kirk Hit with $170-Million Paternity Suit. No, sorry, Captain Kirk is a fictional character. No one is suing him. \* **IvoryTowerDenizen** Warning Issued D_rDeth you’ve been told to knock this behavior off before. It’s deliberate, it’s disruptive, and it’s time for it to stop. Everyone else, please drop the discussion of this behavior, as frustrating as it is. Next time, please just report it.\* Again, what is the warning for? Is it for being annoying? That’s not against the rules, and you’d have to issue hundreds of warnings a day. For being Pedantic? That’s not against the rules, and you’d have to issue hundreds of warnings a day. For failure to follow a Mod’s instructions? Altho the previous mod note covers a post which is superficially similar, they are not the same at all. “using a past character’s name to refer to a role played by the same actor” is _not_ the same \*as getting a Real Life person mixed up with a role he once played. \* Originally Posted by \*\*IvoryTowerDenizen \*\* \*You have been asked to not correct posters or to play dumb when individuals refer to an actor or new character by a previous character’s name. A mod note was insufficient last time to impress upon you how irritating that behavior is, so I’m trying a warning this time. \* What you are doing is adding on to what I was Noted about- and that Note was a long time ago, and I stopped doing that. Read the Note, and you can see your warning is not for the same thing. You can’d just add on “not correct posters” and “an actor” to you note retroactively. So, it’s \*not \*for any violations of the SDMB posted rules. It’s \*not \*for failure to follow instructions. What, _exactly_ is the warning for? ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-have-no-answered-why/751864/2 "2016-04-11T06:02:47Z")
Review this post [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=19244949](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=19244949) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-have-no-answered-why/751864/3 "2016-04-11T06:05:22Z")
Thanks, but you’re not a Moderator, and _no Moderator asked me to stop the behavior I was warned for._ ---
**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:** [April 11, 2016, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-have-no-answered-why/751864/4 "2016-04-11T06:06:38Z")
I’m going to take a wild stab and say that the warning was for bring a jerk. This is, of course, subjective but the Modes get to make that call. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-have-no-answered-why/751864/5 "2016-04-11T06:07:51Z")
I didnt see the next to last line in Colibris last post. Thus, this thread is in error, and I have reported it myself. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-have-no-answered-why/751864/6 "2016-04-11T06:09:20Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Thanks, but you’re not a Moderator, and _no Moderator asked me to stop the behavior I was warned for._ When I want to speak to just a Moderator instead of starting a thread open to all that post, I usually send them an email or a Private Message. Just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-have-no-answered-why/751864/7 "2016-04-11T06:11:52Z")
You are aware that you can ask via PM, right? You were told specifically not to make another ATMB thread about this subject. Are you trying to get them to suspend your posting privileges? I know what it’s like to get so upset that you’re not thinking straight. But it’s not good, dude. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-have-no-answered-why/751864/8 "2016-04-11T06:19:51Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > You are aware that you can ask via PM, right? You were told specifically not to make another ATMB thread about this subject. Are you trying to get them to suspend your posting privileges? > > I know what it’s like to get so upset that you’re not thinking straight. But it’s not good, dude. Yes, it was a mistake on my part.:smack: Note to self, dont post after taking your nightly Ambien.😛 I humbly apologize. I was wrong here. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-have-no-answered-why/751864/9 "2016-04-11T06:25:10Z")
Does the mistake you are referring to mean starting this thread when told not to, or not understanding the thing you were warned about? > [@DrDeth](#): > > Thanks, but you’re not a Moderator, and _no Moderator asked me to stop the behavior I was warned for._ Did you miss this? > [@Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D S02E14: Love in the Time of Hydra"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s02e14-love-in-the-time-of-hydra/715911/86): > > **DrDeth** drop correcting people for using a past character’s name to refer to a role played by the same actor. It’s been done before and there is nothing against the rules about it. It is clear the posters know who they are referring to and don’t need your “corrections”. If you are genuinely confused as to who is being referred to then ask. Otherwise you’re just Jr. Modding and hijacking the conversation. That seems pretty clear. Though it seems you think there is some light between using a past character’s name to refer to a new character (Adama for his Shield character) and using a past character for the actual actor (Kirk for Shatner). Just to head it off, there is no meaningful light between those two types of pedantic responses. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-have-no-answered-why/751864/10 "2016-04-11T06:35:03Z")
It has been answered, you just don’t like or agree with the reasons. Consequently, you were told here not to start another thread about this, so this is a warning for not listening to mod instruction. This is closed and I will suspend you–temporarily–myself, while your posting privileges are discussed if you start a third one. Read the PM I have sent you.