Admin / Mod Interventions

Roland

Roland said:

 Fendergibson is in the cooler ...

... and back out again

digitalscream

Tedmanzie has opted to leave us, presumably for forums who just do as they're told

(but, strangely, immediately signed up again with a different username)

Roland

Thread derailment removed from https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/173697/psa-rage-against-the-machine-dates-announced. 

gibsongretschfan refuses to accept that he was at fault, or that people complained about his comments. He has been placed in the cooler.

Bridgehouse

Another classifieds thread has gone and been replaced by a fresh start after yet more seller criticism.

It’s against the rules to do that. So please don’t. Flag something if you don’t like it. We will review it. 

In this instance, someone got the hump that a member listed something for more than they paid for it elsewhere. It appears it was a bargain eBay buy. This was a case of good fortune rather than some sort of bedroom flipping. 

Either way, still not a reason to criticise. 

As an aside, PM’ing the seller with further rantings about it is also frowned upon, so please don’t do that either

digitalscream

Users bencrowe and Benny309 banned for being the same person.

Moreover, bencrowe was excluded from the classifieds for constantly ignoring warnings and requests from the modmins to abide by the classifieds rules, and then signed up as Benny309 to get around that.

Nope.

Roland

Poopot has temporarily left the building following some overly aggressive behaviour. (Yes, I know it’s a split infinitive).

Roland

TonyJacks and p_jay78 have been banned for being each other.

digitalscream

Heavyrocker and ten77guitar banned for being symptoms of multiple personality disorder.

Bridgehouse

User krameree has had his classifieds access removed.

Deleting prices is against the rules. Doing it multiple times is against the rules and also pretty annoying. The price you advertise something for isn’t “between me and the buyer” and deleting pricing isn’t a good strategy for getting your ad bumped a lot - it’s a good strategy for having it closed and having your classifieds access removed.

Seriously - read the rules for classifieds. It’s very clear. 

Roland

Ted has been cautioned for Trolling the forum.

Roland

... and locked up for ignoring the warning.

Jalapeno

And overnight threads sunk

digitalscream

Bollywood thread goner-ised, because...well, it was another one of Ted's useless threads.

Also, Heel has managed to skip all of the usual warning -> cooler -> more cooler steps and go straight to a ban, for abuse, threatening another member, making demands that modmins do what he says, and then firing more abuse at the modmins.

I'm not entirely sure where he thought that would go, but hey...at least he got the thread vapourised, right? That's got to feel good.

Jalapeno

"Debbie does Dallas" thread moved BCD

Roland

@theguitarmarketplace has been banned. 

When he joined on Saturday I PMd asking “If you are a business/dealer please contact a moderator to discuss how you could get involved here.” Instead he has been going through the Classifieds spamming people to try to persuade them to use his service instead. As you know we don’t accept spammers on the forum, regardless of whether it's public or private. 

Ironically, if he had got in touch first, we would have been interested in talking to him. However an underhand act like this is no basis for a working relationship. 

Bridgehouse

Nunogilberto has requested to leave us. 

It would appear that he didn’t take kindly to being called out for a rule 1 breech after he suggested that another member should pull out in front of a lorry.

Well, at least we have a definitive answer now, and it turns out that being called out for being a dick is the shit that boils his piss.....

Bridgehouse

Captainbeeffart is having a bit of a lie down in a darkened room for a bit so he can calm down. 

He’d had a busy day telling TTony to piss off, followed by some liberally applied rantings.. which is part of the rough and tumble of P&E.

However, after getting a final warning for introducing a bit of racism he was keen on having an argument about it and suggesting he was being singled out.

Um, yep... he was.. for being overtly racist and antagonistic, and he is being once more for arguing about it when asked not to.. 

Lets hope his little lie down will enable him to make a positive contribution to the fb when he’s back. 

Bridgehouse

Just a gentle reminder about the classifieds.. the rules are pretty clear. You need a full description and some pictures.

We all forget from time to time. We were all new once, and y’know, we don’t always read the rules.

That’s why the modmins offer a gentle reminder before any other access.

However, telling a modmin to bugger off after said reminder isn’t wise. Mainly because your classifieds access then buggers off.

Now, depending on the response to the PM I just sent, we shall see if @smoore ’s buggering off is limited to the classifieds or the forum as a whole. Time will tell I guess...

Bridgehouse

Oh dear oh dear. 

Apparently us modmins are dictators because we denied @smoore ’s right to reply.

Right to reply to what exactly? He didn’t follow the rules and when asked to he told said modmin to bugger off. 

Ho hum. Banned.

digitalscream

Emp's taking a bit of a break in the cooler, for advocating the murder of a world leader.

Heated political discussion's fine, almost expected at a time like this, but there are limits to what we can allow.