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@Analogue Boy has received a green warning for continually derailing a thread and ignoring mods requests.
Analogue Boy has received a green warning for continually derailing a thread and ignoring mods requests.
And has been 'sin-binned' for 72hrs while we deal with the matter.
Fingers crossed some agreement can be reached.
The next person to introduce the subject of Greta Thunberg on a thread that has nothing to do with environmentalism will receive an immediate warning.
Greta Thunberg has been pretty scathing about the way governments have been racing to stop covid-19 but have done nothing about the long term looming threat of climate change: Climate change or Coronavirus? Greta comments...
@blessmycottonsocks is now on an amber warning.@blessmycottonsocks is issued with a green warning.
If you want to talk about politics there are hundreds of political forums out there, go fill your boots.
INT21 has received a 2 month ban from today.
The internet is huge, it is a bigly place embiggened every day. There are other places where we can each discuss obsessions which are not within the scope of this place.
Frideswide
Three points occasioned by various posts this week:
1) Discussion of the media vs Dominic Cummings is definitely covered by our politics ban and not worth any of our time here. I suggest Twitter--they love this stuff on there.
2) Saying 'there's a conspiracy' without any evidence beyond vague speculation is not a get-out clause for posting political material (either from the UK or the U.S.)
3) If in doubt, why not drop us a line? We usually respond within about ten to fifteen minutes. If you simply include all the moderators in the PM, one of us will probably pick it up and respond pretty soon.
Apologies to anybody who feels hard done by, but we're erring on the side of overcaution as a result of bitter experience.
We don't care how long you have been a member here, how many posts you have made or how 'important' the issue is, the only two ways this process possibly ends are that either you desist from dredging up 'culture war' topics, or you are banned from the board.
Edit: over the line--temporary ban (duration to be determined).
The duration of the ban for Maximus Otter has been discussed and set at a two month ban. He is welcome back on the 10th of August. This is due to a combination of the above mentioned infringement coupled with numerous warnings and his constant sniping and attempting to push the boundaries.@maximus otter receives a warning for treating us to a story about Black Lives Matter and his opinion on how to deal with them.
I'm not sure I have enough fingers to calculate the warning points, but if he isn't over the line, he's very close.
Edit: over the line--temporary ban (duration to be determined).
Furthermore, the 'toppling statues' thread is now locked to prevent wasps drowning in the jam jar.