# WSLer Banned? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 19, 2002, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wsler-banned/143820 "2002-12-19T16:23:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wsler-banned/143820/1 "2002-12-19T16:23:15Z")
That’s what it says in his profile. I know he’d gotten several warnings, but did anyone see what was the final straw? If asking this sort of thing is not allowed, please close this thread. ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wsler-banned/143820/2 "2002-12-19T16:32:23Z")
**Coldie** mentioned it here: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=151370](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=151370) ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wsler-banned/143820/3 "2002-12-19T16:41:40Z")
I don’t see where that post was hostile. I’ll tell you what’s hostile…those low-rider cars! Now THAT’S hostile! ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wsler-banned/143820/4 "2002-12-19T16:41:54Z")
About fucking time. ---
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wsler-banned/143820/5 "2002-12-19T16:46:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Legomancer \* > If asking this sort of thing is not allowed, please close this thread. I believe the rule is that discussions of the _propriety_ of a banning are acceptable (though discouraged), but inquiries as to _why_ a person was banned should be directed towards the staff via email. Such threads have a tendency to attract certain creatures out from underneath their bridges, particularly when the banned poster was one of their own. Not that such is the case here. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wsler-banned/143820/6 "2002-12-19T16:52:29Z")
Count me as one who thought that was a perfectly acceptable OP in the correct forum taken as a single post. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wsler-banned/143820/7 "2002-12-19T16:55:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBill \* > \*\*Count me as one who thought that was a perfectly acceptable OP in the correct forum taken as a single post. \*\* It was, but if you’ve ever read a reply to a thread by him it was either him being far snottier than deserved or had :rolleyes: :rolleyes: in it. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wsler-banned/143820/8 "2002-12-19T17:06:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Silentgoldfish \* > \*\*It was, but if you’ve ever read a reply to a thread by him it was either him being far snottier than deserved or had :rolleyes: :rolleyes: in it. \*\* I’m searching like mad and I can’t find much. Only one time when he was given a warning about calling someone “ignorant” in a non-BBQ forum. I’m 😕. ---
**Author:** ![Demise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@Demise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demise)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wsler-banned/143820/9 "2002-12-19T17:09:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Silentgoldfish \* > \*\*It was, but if you’ve ever read a reply to a thread by him it was either him being far snottier than deserved or had :rolleyes: :rolleyes: in it. \*\* Shit, I must be next! ---
**Author:** ![Demise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@Demise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demise)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wsler-banned/143820/10 "2002-12-19T17:11:03Z")
Oh, forgot this: :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wsler-banned/143820/11 "2002-12-19T17:21:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Demise \* > \*\*Oh, forgot this: :rolleyes: \*\* No, you forgot this: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: Anyways I think I’ll bow out of this thread so I’m not accused of excessive dancing on the grave of someone who can’t reply. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wsler-banned/143820/12 "2002-12-19T17:32:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by minty green \* > **I believe the rule is that discussions of the _propriety_ of a banning are acceptable (though discouraged), but inquiries as to _why_ a person was banned should be directed towards the staff via email.** Y’know, my understanding is that that’s accurate, but I think it may be a distinction that elevates form over substance. After all, to discuss the propriety of a banning necessarily requires inquiry into what ban-worthy conduct the banned poster engaged in. Thus, the appropriateness of a ban inquiry is wholly related to how it is phrased. To wit: “Why was X banned?” is inappropriate as an OP while “I don’t think X should have been banned” is fine. This is so even though the latter necessarily invites the same information as the former in slightly different form (“I disagree; X’s A, B and C posts were ban-worthy” vs. “X was banned for A, B and C.”) Having said that, I’m not particularly bothered by the rule or anything – I generally stay away from the “X was banned!” threads anyway. I just think the distinction is one of those things to stroke you chin and go “hmmmmmm” over. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wsler-banned/143820/13 "2002-12-19T17:41:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBill \* > \*\*Count me as one who thought that was a perfectly acceptable OP in the correct forum taken as a single post. \*\* I don’t think the linked thread is to the post in question that got WSLer banned, but simply a link to a thread where Coldfire mentioned why he was banned. WSLer’s post in that thread had nothing to do with it. So, who’s applying for the crankiest Teeming Millionth now that WSLer is gone? ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wsler-banned/143820/14 "2002-12-19T17:49:59Z")
Oh! Oh! I am! ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wsler-banned/143820/15 "2002-12-19T17:53:25Z")
That would make more sense, but what would make even MORE sense would be the Mod’s statement in a thread that actually demonstrated the offense, so we all may learn and be better people for it. ---
**Author:** ![NPavelka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/edb3f5/32.png) [@NPavelka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NPavelka)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wsler-banned/143820/16 "2002-12-19T18:01:52Z")
It looks like this [post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=2739839#post2739839) is what did him in… I think it was the inplication that all rock/rap stars are drug dealers and would have to turn to murdering old laddies to support themselves if their record floped. ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wsler-banned/143820/17 "2002-12-19T20:11:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Silentgoldfish \* > \*\*About fucking time. \*\* Seconded. Woo, I can shorten what can’t be named by one. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wsler-banned/143820/18 "2002-12-19T20:37:48Z")
Somehow, I don’t think it was the Volvo thread that got him banned. If so, 'm on borrowed time… have you _seen_ some of the shit I post? Looked to me like the mods had warned in e-mail form about a certain pattern of hostilty in his posts. Maybe he royally flamed the mods in an e-mail? Anyways, I’ve been admonished myself myself in a few threads, but no e-mail warnings as of yet. (actually, I think I’m learning.) I tend to stay in the sarcasm arena and I love making someone look twice. But, I really don’t like arguing. I do tend to push buttons, though… ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wsler-banned/143820/19 "2002-12-19T20:53:24Z")
I can’t say I’m surprised (well, I CAN say it, I mean , I’m capable of making those sounds). He was warned within the past week about his unwarranted attacks on others. A few weeks ago, when I called him out here, I knew his days were numbered. ---
**Author:** ![firagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/13edae/32.png) [@firagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/firagon)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wsler-banned/143820/20 "2002-12-19T20:59:34Z")
My memory is fuzzy, but is this the second time he’s been banned? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wsler-banned/143820.md?page=2)