# Why was Wildest Bill banned? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 19, 2001, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-wildest-bill-banned/88332 "2001-10-19T00:48:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-wildest-bill-banned/88332/101 "2001-10-19T16:07:40Z")
While we’re at it, apparantly **Infidel** [got it](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=93858&pagenumber=2) in the neck today, also. Any clues as to “why”? As for **WB** , I’ll miss him. A _very_ little. He reminded me of an old shipmate, a happy-go-lucky kinda guy with a genius for starting arguements. He’d pop-off some bizarre assertion, and watch the fur fly. He was always happiest to be in the heart of the fury, and seemed to enjoy himself immensely, even when he lost (which was most of the time). When he could be at the core of the fight, he was almost equally happy to pour gas on someone else’s fire. He was jerk, to be sure, but things were always more lively when he was around. ---
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-wildest-bill-banned/88332/102 "2001-10-19T16:20:20Z")
I love **Wildest Bill**. He and I always got along well, even though we always disagreed and I repeatedly informed him he was an idiot. With (IIRC) one exception, I always defended him in Pit threads about him. And it was time for him to go. Sua ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-wildest-bill-banned/88332/103 "2001-10-19T16:24:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tranquilis \* > **While we’re at it, apparantly Infidel [got it](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=93858&pagenumber=2) in the neck today, also.** [Never mind.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1730583#post1730583) ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-wildest-bill-banned/88332/104 "2001-10-19T19:57:35Z")
Jeez, stay away for a couple of days, and my favorite bigoted, sexist idiot gets banned. Buh-by Bill. ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-wildest-bill-banned/88332/105 "2001-10-19T20:56:55Z")
Sheee-it, **EJsGirl** , I thought the same thing. 'Twas only a matter of time, of course. The funny moments (_still sniggering over “Gotcha ya!”_) weren’t worth the aggravation. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-wildest-bill-banned/88332/106 "2001-10-19T21:05:46Z")
I propose in memorial to **WB** , everybody begins every post with – “Ya’ll”, spelled exactly that way. ---
**Author:** ![k.os](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@k.os](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k.os)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-wildest-bill-banned/88332/107 "2001-10-19T21:27:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Podkayne \* > **…The funny moments (_still sniggering over “Gotcha ya!”_)…** Link? I’d like to know what ya’ll are talking about…😉 ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-wildest-bill-banned/88332/108 "2001-10-19T21:52:57Z")
I still think the mosquito thread in GQ has got to be the most creative use of misspelling ever witnessed in the history of mankind. I think I found seven or eight spelling/grammatical errors in the title alone (more errors than there were words!), _and yet it was still semantically meaningful_. Such incredible mastery of the English language is the sign of a deep, burning intelligence. **Alas poor WB; I knew him, Horatio.** :sniff: 😛 (partly serious, though, I did like 'im) ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-wildest-bill-banned/88332/109 "2001-10-19T21:58:40Z")
Well, I’ve been needing to not spend so much time at these boards. Finding out the **Wildest Bill** was banned because he went close to the edge of troll territory a lot will make it a lot easier. He shouldn’t have been banned. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-wildest-bill-banned/88332/110 "2001-10-19T22:07:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tranquilis \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Tranquilis \* > > **While we’re at it, apparantly Infidel [got it](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=93858&pagenumber=2) in the neck today, also.** > > [Never mind.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1730583#post1730583) \*\* Actually, I think [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1730501#post1730501) is the “never mind” you are looking for. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-wildest-bill-banned/88332/111 "2001-10-19T22:11:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by k.os \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Podkayne \* > > **…The funny moments (_still sniggering over “Gotcha ya!”_)…** > > Link? I’d like to know what ya’ll are talking about…😉 \*\* [GOTCHA YA!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=80870) When **Eve** is on, good lord, she can be hysterical. Her post in my thread probably gets my vote for post of the year. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-wildest-bill-banned/88332/112 "2001-10-19T22:14:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mouthbreather \* > Actually, I think [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1730501#post1730501) is the “never mind” you are looking for. \*\* Ah, yes. The page that starts with **Fenris** saying, “You’re being a brainless, inconsiderate dick.” That must be what got **Infidel** banned. I’m guessing right about this point someone’s going to accuse me of being a sock, disregarding how long I’ve been here. ---
**Author:** ![headshok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@headshok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/headshok)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-wildest-bill-banned/88332/113 "2001-10-19T22:14:34Z")
Damn, **Bill** ’s gone, huh? Oh well. I kinda liked him, but he’d definitely worn out his welcome at the end of his time here. Anyone who can piss off **DDG** has got some serious issues. Gotcha ya, **Bill**. I’ll think of you the next time I’m in Mexico. ---
**Author:** ![k.os](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@k.os](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k.os)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-wildest-bill-banned/88332/114 "2001-10-19T22:20:11Z")
**Mouthbreather** I’m reading the thread now. It’s hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-wildest-bill-banned/88332/115 "2001-10-19T22:20:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bup \* > Ah, yes. The page that starts with **Fenris** saying, > “You’re being a brainless, inconsiderate dick.” > > That must be what got **Infidel** banned. > > I’m guessing right about this point someone’s going to accuse me of being a sock, disregarding how long I’ve been here. No, I’ll go way out on a limb and guess it was when he said he wished Guin’s kitten a speedy death in a thread in which she was obviously under a high stress level and in a lot of anguish. That pretty much a prime example of breaking the “don’t be a jerk” rule in my eyes. Also, I don’t think you’re a sock. I am having trouble figuring how you’re trying to deflect criticism from Infidel, though. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-wildest-bill-banned/88332/116 "2001-10-19T22:21:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bup \* > \*\*Ah, yes. The page that starts with **Fenris** saying, > “You’re being a brainless, inconsiderate dick.” > > That must be what got **Infidel** banned. > \*\* No, I suspect it was the part where Infidel wished that Guin’s cat dies. Did you miss that post somehow? \*\* > [@](#): > > I’m guessing right about this point someone’s going to accuse me of being a sock, disregarding how long I’ve been here. \*\* You seem defensive. Would you care to share your anxieties? Fenris ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-wildest-bill-banned/88332/117 "2001-10-19T22:22:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mouthbreather \* > I am having trouble figuring **how** you’re trying to deflect criticism from Infidel, though. Please change the **how** to **why** , thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Tretiak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Tretiak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tretiak)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-wildest-bill-banned/88332/118 "2001-10-19T22:25:17Z")
Infidel was banned for that? That is ridiculous! I hope it was something else. ---
**Author:** ![edwino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@edwino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwino)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-wildest-bill-banned/88332/119 "2001-10-20T04:00:40Z")
Fer fuck’s sake. I don’t usually get involved in these debates, but I’m sick of seeing people jump to the defense of trolls like **Wildest Bill**. Granted, he was like a low-level ache that finally got so annoying that something had to be done, but this doesn’t change his actual trollishness. He posted shit that he knew was out of place. He posted shit exclusively to enrage people. He did these things repeatedly. Granted, he was a nice person sometimes, sometimes he was amusing, etc. But he never made a coherent point. He never won a debate that he started. He was a burden on the boards. And he broke the cardinal rule of the board about being a jerk and all. I think that this place by-and-large is a wonderful community. I think that that fact is due solely to the vigilant mods. I also have a world-view for the board (call it a board-view). There are 2 forum descriptions that contain the word “Cecil” in them: CCC and GQ. These are directly related to the Straight Dope column, and are therefore the reason for the SDMB existence on a site owned by the Chicago Reader. GQ and CCC are also the fora in which newbies first arrive. Therefore, they need to be the neatest, to serve as a guide for behavior on the rest of the board. GQ presents a big problem because of its volume. I think that the motto should be “Fuck around in GQ, go the fuck away.” Other fora, you get leniency in – warnings are issued all the time in GD and in the Pit; MPSIMS is all about leniency. But GQ and CCC are “sacred ground.” They are the church to the Pit’s biker titty bar. Call me a killjoy. **WB** fucked around in GQ. He goes the fuck away. His previous record only worked against him, but his previous record was the dull ache with which you can live. His fucking around in GQ was the burning sensation that makes you go to the doctor. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-wildest-bill-banned/88332/120 "2001-10-20T04:20:58Z")
Now wait. I did say that I’ll miss laughing at his incredible alleged stupidity-(I’m still not convinced he was serious). BUT, that said, I don’t mind that he’s banned-he deserved it. He KNEW he was gonna be banned, and now he’s going to slink back to any other boards he posts at-I believe Pizza Parlor and maybe Left Behind?-with his tail between his legs and say how he was made a Martyr. Watch **billy the witness** become **billy the martyr**. And you know, I’ll bet if he DOES come back as a sock, here’s what he’ll do: Use almost the same screen name-like Even Wilder Bill He’ll admit to being a sock He’ll defend himself for breaking the rules because he just wants to say goodbye, and that’s not really against the rules, now is it? He’ll claim he was banned unfairly, and everyone is out to get him, because he was right He’ll say we’re bad Christians BTW, mods, have you heard from him? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-wildest-bill-banned/88332.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-wildest-bill-banned/88332.md?page=7)