# Why was Kedicat given a thread ban? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 26, 2026, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-kedicat-given-a-thread-ban/1027997 "2026-02-26T14:15:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-kedicat-given-a-thread-ban/1027997/1 "2026-02-26T14:15:33Z")
I regularly disagree with @Kedicat’s assessment of the Ukraine war, and this assessment of the conflict is ridiculous. But isn’t the board about discussion and challenging each other’s ignorance? (And I say this knowing there’s a non-zero chance that I am the ignorant one.) How can anyone do that if anything contrary is immediately shut down? Am I missing something here? I want to argue with @Kedicat, not have him removed. > [@Russia invades Ukraine -- The regional situation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-the-regional-situation/995349/1635): > > It is more the opposite at this point. When Ukraine did not capitulate and also regained some large portions of territory, Russia pivoted to conducting an attrition war. The effectiveness of drones and the difficulty of hiding massed forces in preparation of large attacks, made this the most sensible approach. As well, Russia has a large in place production base for the more mundane types of weaponry to conduct such a war. Fairly dumb bombs, artillery and such. Also a larger population to recru… ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-kedicat-given-a-thread-ban/1027997/2 "2026-02-26T14:20:54Z")
Yes, it really comes off as What\_Exit banning Kedicat due to personal disagreement. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-kedicat-given-a-thread-ban/1027997/3 "2026-02-26T14:23:08Z")
Or maybe I’ve followed his history a lot closer as I am a Moderator: History of trolling: Amazing number of notes rather than warnings. **Insults** > [@Canada and the Coronavirus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-and-the-coronavirus/850643/759): > > Moderating: Do not engage in personal insults to other posters. You may attack their posts and correct misinformation, but not attack the poster directly. Not a warning, only guidance. > [@How are they intending to have electric-car charging stations in urban areas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-they-intending-to-have-electric-car-charging-stations-in-urban-areas/954250/125): > > [Moderating] While I realize that there’s something of a tradition of snark on the Dope, that reply really adds nothing to the thread, and detracts in multiple ways. Please try to remain factual, or at least to better tune your attempts at humor. **Blatant bullshit and hijacks that looks more like trolling and probably is:** > [@Immunity after getting COVID should fulfill vaccine requirements](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immunity-after-getting-covid-should-fulfill-vaccine-requirements/958258/202): > > The weakness of the mRNA vaccine, compared to a naturally created immunity is the narrow target of the mRNA vaccines. The spike protein. The mRNA vaccines create immune system responses to the spike protein. But the covid virus is more complex than that. And it evolves. Natural immunity is created by the system reacting to the virus in totality. This does not mean the virus can’t also mutate to evade this immunity. But it would likely require more or drastic mutations. It seems the Omicron has… > [@Immunity after getting COVID should fulfill vaccine requirements](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immunity-after-getting-covid-should-fulfill-vaccine-requirements/958258/202): > > The weakness of the mRNA vaccine, compared to a naturally created immunity is the narrow target of the mRNA vaccines. The spike protein. The mRNA vaccines create immune system responses to the spike protein. But the covid virus is more complex than that. And it evolves. Natural immunity is created by the system reacting to the virus in totality. This does not mean the virus can’t also mutate to evade this immunity. But it would likely require more or drastic mutations. It seems the Omicron has… > [@20m Lives Saved by Vaccines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20m-lives-saved-by-vaccines/967684/30): > > Respectfully. Expressing doubt about one very particular formulation/treatment used for a medical condition, does not mean one is expressing doubt about all other methods/formulations of treatment. But I am happy to exit the thread. I only made a reply when I noticed it was a moderator comment that had been made. I look forward to future data on this subject. > [@20m Lives Saved by Vaccines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20m-lives-saved-by-vaccines/967684/29): > > You keep saying that you are not anti-vax, and yet you have literally posted at least half a dozen common anti-vax myths in this thread, to the point of hijacking the entire thread. If you want to dispute the moderation, feel free to open a thread in ATMB. You are hereby banned from this thread. If you post in it again, you will receive a warning. > [@Local doctor suspended for a month for prescribing ivermectin for Covid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-doctor-suspended-for-a-month-for-prescribing-ivermectin-for-covid/1003038/3): > > Ivermectin is a very safe treatment. If a patient has Covid, then it will do no harm. If they are vaccinated and still get Covid, it will also do no harm. If they refuse to be vaccinated, then also using Ivermectin will again do no harm. It may not prevent or cure. But it does no harm. Doctors can prescribe treatments that are off the intended purpose. There are a lot of studies on various uses for Ivermectin. None of them seem to show any negative effects. Some are targeted at antiviral effec… > [@Local doctor suspended for a month for prescribing ivermectin for Covid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-doctor-suspended-for-a-month-for-prescribing-ivermectin-for-covid/1003038/7): > > Did not say it is. Even if vaccinated. Though less likely. Maybe. But it has been admitted that Vaccination does not fully prevent infection or transmission. But it may help. > [@Local doctor suspended for a month for prescribing ivermectin for Covid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-doctor-suspended-for-a-month-for-prescribing-ivermectin-for-covid/1003038/29): > > More details will likely come out. The particular Doctor patient interactions are important. The issue of off label use of various medications can be entwined in this. Specifics of actual or possible levels of harm to patient and patient contacts could be delved into. Of course it may just be resolved without much investigation into any aspects, if the Doctor just takes the hit without challenge. **Ukraine:** [https://boards.straightdope.com/review/13341](https://boards.straightdope.com/review/13341) → [Russia invades Ukraine {2022-02-24} (Part 1) - #6886 by Kedikat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-2022-02-24-part-1/960037/6886) > [@Russia invades Ukraine {2022-02-24} (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-2022-02-24-part-1/960037/7243): > > It is quite pro Ukraine. Which is fine. But often any facts that may favor Russian situation on the battlefield are attacked as pro Russian. I find it just amusing to read this thread. The BBQ pit thread is even more a waste of time. Much flaming of course. It is BBQ. [https://boards.straightdope.com/review/13571](https://boards.straightdope.com/review/13571) & [https://boards.straightdope.com/review/13572](https://boards.straightdope.com/review/13572) → [Russia invades Ukraine {2022-02-24} (Part 1) - #7243 by Kedikat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-2022-02-24-part-1/960037/7243) [https://boards.straightdope.com/review/13634](https://boards.straightdope.com/review/13634) → [Russia invades Ukraine {2022-02-24} (Part 1) - #7385 by Kedikat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-2022-02-24-part-1/960037/7385) [https://boards.straightdope.com/review/15626](https://boards.straightdope.com/review/15626) Approved by Millar for flag for Openly Trolling in the Pit no less. [https://boards.straightdope.com/review/21621](https://boards.straightdope.com/review/21621) for [Russia invades Ukraine -- The regional situation - #924 by Kedikat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-the-regional-situation/995349/924) [https://boards.straightdope.com/review/21622](https://boards.straightdope.com/review/21622) for [Russia invades Ukraine -- The regional situation - #929 by Kedikat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-the-regional-situation/995349/929) [https://boards.straightdope.com/review/21625](https://boards.straightdope.com/review/21625) And now this pair: [https://boards.straightdope.com/review/24089](https://boards.straightdope.com/review/24089) & [https://boards.straightdope.com/review/24090](https://boards.straightdope.com/review/24090) → [Russia invades Ukraine -- The regional situation - #1635 by Kedikat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-the-regional-situation/995349/1635) This is a lot of trolling, just metered out slowly. * * * * * * That latest bit was old stuff he rolled back out after 3+ years . I started a Modloop discussion on him this morning. ETA: Found by @ParallelLines in the thread where I thread banned **Kedikat** was this prior modnote from @Aspenglow: > [@Russia invades Ukraine -- The regional situation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-the-regional-situation/995349/942): > > Moderating: After discussion in the mod loop and perhaps quite tardily, we feel this thread is a better fit for P&E now than MPSIMS. Bear in mind that in P&E, it’s a good idea to provide cites for what you assert. Also remember that diverting a conversation to a different discussion is hijacking, and we will moderate strictly for that. Please keep the discussion on point, cited and respectful. If it continues to go as it has gone in MPSIMS, it won’t pass muster in P&E. @Kedikat, you were thre… He has really been skirting our rules and pushing them about as much as he can get away with. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-kedicat-given-a-thread-ban/1027997/4 "2026-02-26T14:24:11Z")
He’s a troll. Good moderation. EDIT: Most of the Ukraine links are off limits to me, I presume mod-only. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-kedicat-given-a-thread-ban/1027997/5 "2026-02-26T14:30:35Z")
Sorry, that was part of what I submited to the Modloop, so links are to approved flags. I’ve added in many of the post links now. Took extra effort. And these were only the ones flagged, there was good reason he was banned from the breaking news thread. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-kedicat-given-a-thread-ban/1027997/6 "2026-02-26T14:42:36Z")
Looking at the thread ban in isolation after the last few comments, I thought it seemed unwarranted, but after viewing that list, I’m now thinking that was long overdue. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-kedicat-given-a-thread-ban/1027997/7 "2026-02-26T16:05:54Z")
Wow, I was unaware of most of that, and mostly knew of his antics from the Ukraine thread, where I welcomed his thread ban. > [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > I regularly disagree with @Kedicat’s assessment of the Ukraine war, and this assessment of the conflict is ridiculous. But isn’t the board about discussion and challenging each other’s ignorance? … \ > … I want to argue with @Kedicat, not have him removed He was impossible to argue with – persistently obstinate and unyielding to reason. Even absent all the evidence that @What_Exit presented about his behaviour in other threads, I would have supported a ban from the Ukraine thread because Kedicat was persistently disruptive in a thread where the rest of the posters were trying to have a reasoned and factual discussion about the latest developments in the Ukraine war. Kedicat’s posts there were pretty much the definition of thread-shitting. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-kedicat-given-a-thread-ban/1027997/8 "2026-02-26T17:20:54Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > I’m now thinking that was long overdue. It absolutely was. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-kedicat-given-a-thread-ban/1027997/9 "2026-02-26T17:45:40Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > Looking at the thread ban in isolation after the last few comments, I thought it seemed unwarranted As the OP, I started the thread (in IMHO) to discuss the wider situation with Ukraine, including tangential things that affect the region. Yes, @Kedicat does a bit of trolling; and yes, he was banned from the breaking news thread. But in this case he offers an analysis that seems reasoned and not provocative. I disagree with his conclusion, but his post is a difference of opinion and not a baited line. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-kedicat-given-a-thread-ban/1027997/10 "2026-02-26T20:05:39Z")
Looks like a good move. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-kedicat-given-a-thread-ban/1027997/11 "2026-02-26T22:05:42Z")
Thanks for taking the time to include the full context. I’m a bit on the fence now because these aren’t uncommon views amongst the general populace. The problem with modding this situation seems to be in trying to interpret a poster’s intentions and that’s obviously very difficult. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-kedicat-given-a-thread-ban/1027997/12 "2026-02-26T22:25:14Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > The problem with modding this situation seems to be in trying to interpret a poster’s intentions and that’s obviously very difficult. I’m familiar with Kedikat, all too familiar in fact, and after a while when you remind him about the same problem with his sources and/or arguments, and he just keeps doing it, you can’t give the benefit of the doubt forever. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-kedicat-given-a-thread-ban/1027997/13 "2026-02-27T00:59:14Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > > [@Cardigan](#): > > > > Looking at the thread ban in isolation after the last few comments, I thought it seemed unwarranted > > As the OP, I started the thread (in IMHO) to discuss the wider situation with Ukraine, including tangential things that affect the region. Yes, @Kedicat does a bit of trolling; and yes, he was banned from the breaking news thread. But in this case he offers an analysis that seems reasoned and not provocative. I disagree with his conclusion, but his post is a difference of opinion and not a baited line. I just want to be clear that when I said I welcomed the thread ban I was talking about the “Russia Invades Ukraine” breaking news thread in MPSIMS, in which Kedikat was a major disruption to posters trying to have a fact-based conversation. What he has said in other threads I mostly have no idea, but he’s obviously pretty trollish and has had multiple thread bans plus a suspension for violating a thread ban (Oct 2024). I have no opinion on whether he should be banned from the board or allowed to remain, but I don’t want his troll-like arguments mucking up fact-based threads like the MPSIMS thread on the invasion of Ukraine. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-kedicat-given-a-thread-ban/1027997/14 "2026-02-27T01:56:56Z")
I didn’t find the post he was warned for to be trolling. His arguments did not seem outlandish or hyperbolic, and they let to the conclusion he posted. As I said, I think he came to the _wrong_ conclusion; but I think he did it within the boundaries of the thread – which was intended to be more wide-ranging than the breaking news thread. ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-kedicat-given-a-thread-ban/1027997/15 "2026-02-27T02:10:51Z")
FWIW I just want to throw my own view out that yes, Kedikat qualifies as a troll. He has a long history of disappearing for months at a time only to come back with a flurry of fact absent assertions and disinformation, mucking up otherwise interesting and productive conversations. As demonstrated he’s also racked up an impressive number of mod warnings, notes and thread bans over the years. He’s managed to raise sealioning to an art form. He’s long had a particular canard for the Ukraine/Russia conflict and if he’s not a Russian propaganda bot he does a gobsmackingly good impression of one. Just my 2 cents. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-kedicat-given-a-thread-ban/1027997/16 "2026-02-27T02:15:53Z")
Not one post, it is his weird pattern. It is bringing back old arguments from 3+ years ago. It is a slow form of trolling. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-kedicat-given-a-thread-ban/1027997/17 "2026-02-27T02:24:30Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > He’s long had a particular canard for the Ukraine/Russia conflict and if he’s not a Russian propaganda bot he does a gobsmackingly good impression of one. I’m guessing Comrade Kedicat is on the Russian payroll. And if not, he should be because he is doing their work for free! ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-kedicat-given-a-thread-ban/1027997/18 "2026-02-27T02:28:18Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > It is bringing back old arguments from 3+ years ago. It is a slow form of trolling. This. If he posted something once and was refuted, no harm. That’s a discussion, and saying something that’s inaccurate isn’t that big of a deal in isolation. It’s coming back repeatedly with the same thing that does it. I didn’t realize it had gotten to the level of repeating the same things from **years** ago, but I guess that’s where we’re at now. It’s almost like a variation of the “tired topics” we have, except centered around one poster. ---
**Author:** ![Kedikat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kedikat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kedikat)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2026, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-kedicat-given-a-thread-ban/1027997/19 "2026-02-28T04:06:15Z")
I may not post for long periods of time. But I read many posts in many areas almost every day. If I was intent on trolling and such, I would be posting more often. I often read things I do not agree with, but do not often feel any need to post a retort. People have their opinions and sets of facts that they interpret in their way. Now and then I do post a challenge. I see many of the things I get warned and or banned for done multiple times by others. There are times I am trolled and attacked. But I am banned when I get fed up and retort. Overall I find the moderators to be pretty good. But we all have our sensitive points. ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2026, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-kedicat-given-a-thread-ban/1027997/20 "2026-02-28T05:26:35Z")
Ok, I’ll bite. I just have three points I’d like to make. First, nothing in your post contradicts any observations I or anyone else have made in this thread regarding your posting history or behavior on this board. Your post is effectively contentless. You are, of course, free to post when and where you like under any circumstances, within the board rules. I’m sure everyone here recognizes that. I stand by my previous post and everyone reading this thread is free to draw their own conclusions. Second. This… > [@Kedikat](#): > > I see many of the things I get warned and or banned for done multiple times by others. There are times I am trolled and attacked. But I am banned when I get fed up and retort. And this… > [@Kedikat](#): > > Overall I find the moderators to be pretty good. Seem to be, somewhat, in opposition. Do you think the mods are doing a good job or not? Or only when it comes to modding you? Is it only specific mods you have an issue with? If so I would invite you to state that clearly. The pit is right over there. Also, if you feel like certain posters are trolling you we have multiple threads in said pit that are dedicated to calling out such behavior. I would invite you to avail yourself in their use and point out who is doing that. Trolling is against the board rules and I’m sure we would all like to be made aware of where and when this is occurring. Third, and I apologize if this comes off a tad snarky… > [@Kedikat](#): > > But we all have our sensitive points. Oh yes. Most of us are perfectly aware of where your “sensitive points” lay. Go in peace @Kedikat. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-kedicat-given-a-thread-ban/1027997.md?page=2)