banned or probation

Marking22 · **Posted:** February 22nd, 2009, 6:46 pm

when people are banned or on probation can they pm you still?
im thinking for the banned people they cant pm but im not sure about the probation one

Adbot · **Posted:** February 22nd, 2009, 6:46 pm

Shane · **Posted:** February 22nd, 2009, 7:10 pm

Banned means banned. You can't even access the forums if you're banned.

Probation means all your posts must be reviewed for 30 days, then it is decided if you stay banned or come back. So yes, they can read PM's.

Duke Juker · RSBandB Donor since 07/01/2010

Can a permanent ban be reversed at all or does permanent mean permanent? Just for clarification. #-o

Chief Snake · **Posted:** February 22nd, 2009, 8:21 pm

Permanent does indeed mean permanent. I'd assume the only circumstance in which a permanent ban would be lifted is if it were discovered that a mistake was made.

And just to add to what Shane said, members on probation are still able to post, but anything they post is not immediately visible to the public; it has to be cleared by a moderator to ensure that the content is acceptable. So yeah.. you wouldn't generally be proud of being on probation. After a month of that, they undergo a staff review to determine whether they should be given a second chance or just receive a ban.

Brad · **Posted:** February 23rd, 2009, 12:25 am

Chief Snake wrote:

So yeah.. you wouldn't generally be proud of being on probation.

Hah. Most people who are on it still seem to think it's some kind of badge of honour.

But as for permanent bans being reversed. You never know. When we switched the boards over to PHBB 3.0 all the bans but a select one or two were repealed and everyone was given a clean slate. Although that has only happened once in 4 and a half years now.. so I wouldn't count on it as much of a get out of jail free card.

Slimppu · **Posted:** February 23rd, 2009, 7:34 am

Brad wrote:

Hah. Most people who are on it still seem to think it's some kind of badge of honour.

Yeah, all two people on it. And Robbie doesn't even post. :roll:

And - not sure if I'm allowed to talk about it - what's up with changing Yazackie's ban to temporary?

Adbot · **Posted:** February 23rd, 2009, 7:34 am

Brad · **Posted:** February 23rd, 2009, 8:23 am

Slimppu wrote:

Brad wrote:

Hah. Most people who are on it still seem to think it's some kind of badge of honour.

Yeah, all two people on it. And Robbie doesn't even post. :roll:

And - not sure if I'm allowed to talk about it - what's up with changing Yazackie's ban to temporary?

We can discuss protocol as far as probation/banning goes in public but not specific cases.

Duke Juker · RSBandB Donor since 07/01/2010

Chief Snake wrote:

Permanent does indeed mean permanent. I'd assume the only circumstance in which a permanent ban would be lifted is if it were discovered that a mistake was made.

And just to add to what Shane said, members on probation are still able to post, but anything they post is not immediately visible to the public; it has to be cleared by a moderator to ensure that the content is acceptable. So yeah.. you wouldn't generally be proud of being on probation. After a month of that, they undergo a staff review to determine whether they should be given a second chance or just receive a ban.

So, if they posted in a topic and other users posted later in that topic, by the time their post was clear, would it show up in the topic at the time they posted it or at the time it was cleared?