# Suspended/Banned **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 28, 2006, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned/346444 "2006-02-28T13:00:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned/346444/1 "2006-02-28T13:00:06Z")
This is strictly a factual question about procedure, not an argument with anything that’s happening here and in the Pit. If someone, say, **drmark2000** were acting like a jerk, and if a mod announced that s/he were being suspended for a month, would that person’s membership status line say “suspended” or “banned”? ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned/346444/2 "2006-02-28T13:32:04Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > This is strictly a factual question about procedure, not an argument with anything that’s happening here and in the Pit. > > If someone, say, **drmark2000** were acting like a jerk, and if a mod announced that s/he were being suspended for a month, would that person’s membership status line say “suspended” or “banned”? Folks who are suspended say “suspended”, like [this fellow](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?userid=10549). If it says “banned” they most likely will never be back. Then at some point they go through a metamorphisis and get labled “guest”. I don’t get that bit. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned/346444/3 "2006-02-28T13:35:26Z")
> [@kidchameleon](#): > > Then at some point they go through a metamorphisis and get labled “guest”. I don’t get that bit. That’s a problem with the board software. Every so often, the software goes through the member list, looking to see who paid or not. Those who haven’t paid are listed as “guest”, even if they’ve been banned. They’re still banned, though. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned/346444/4 "2006-02-28T13:35:32Z")
It will say “banned” until it is manually changed to “suspended”. The “guest” instead of “banned” is because of a script that runs and changes the title of expired subscriptions. It’s only cosmetic, they’re still banned. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned/346444/5 "2006-02-28T13:45:28Z")
Is **drmark2000** banned or suspended? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned/346444/6 "2006-02-28T13:51:25Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > Is **drmark2000** banned or suspended? Suspended, for a month. An admin will have to change his title. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned/346444/7 "2006-02-28T14:18:59Z")
Thanks for your prompt response. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned/346444/8 "2006-02-28T14:36:00Z")
Oh! That’s why it says \*\*DrLoveGun \*\*is a guest. The software saw that his membership expired and just renamed him guest. I e-mailed **Tubadiva** but I guess I didn’t make myself clear and she just explained that, yes, he was banned. Which I knew. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2006, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned/346444/9 "2006-02-28T14:53:03Z")
drmark2000 is suspended and his user title has been changed accordingly. TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned/346444/10 "2006-02-28T14:54:21Z")
Why does this thread show up as “…” on the forums page? ---
**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:** [February 28, 2006, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned/346444/11 "2006-02-28T14:57:13Z")
Not sure. Fixed it. TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned/346444/12 "2006-02-28T23:42:19Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > drmark2000 is suspended and his user title has been changed accordingly. > > TubaDiva No it hasn’t. Still says ‘BANNED’ ---
**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:** [March 1, 2006, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned/346444/13 "2006-03-01T13:30:33Z")
Look again. TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![tygerbryght](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@tygerbryght](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tygerbryght)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned/346444/14 "2006-03-02T15:55:53Z")
Maybe it’s just me, but it seems that one of these threads asking for clarification, etc., shows up rather frequently. Have the Powers That Be considered making a representative thread explaining this into a sticky?