status

[jimmalenko]

I find it annoying when I PM someone, only to gather later on that they have been banned. Is it an entirely stupid idea to include a member status in people's profiles ? IE. Compare said user's last posting date to current system date. If they have posted within the last week/fortnight, set status to regular, the last month = Dormant, the last 6 months = MIA, and so on .... also, you could set the status to banned when they have been banned.

thoughts ?

[Capmaster]

Good idea Jimm We have quite a few dormant, MIA and otherwise inactive users. A single color-coded box somewhere in the profile with..say:

Green = Active (posted within the last week)
Blue = Dormant (no posts in the last 2 months)
Black = MIA (no posts in more than 2 months)
Red = Banned
White = Noob (No posts)

[daamon]

Good idea - however it's structured. Gets my vote...

[lordsmurf]

Click profile.
Click find all posts.
See when last post was.

[jimmalenko]

Click profile.
Click find all posts.
See when last post was.

That's all fine and dandy, but how do you know if they've been banned ?

It's like saying "press 'view all posts by <username>' and count how many posts they have, instead of having a summed value".

[Cobra]

You'll know they've been banned because it will have...

You are in breach of the forum rules and are being issued with a formal warning. You are now banned.
/ Moderator Cobra

...on it.

Still, it is a good idea and I think it could be useful.

[jimmalenko]

You'll know they've been banned because it will have...

You are in breach of the forum rules and are being issued with a formal warning. You are now banned.
/ Moderator Cobra

...on it.

uhhh, you bastard !


I know, but think of the situation where someone's last post isn't the one they get banned for ie. someone posts something racially offensive, but continues to post for some time until a mod checks the "report this post" thread. Banned people's last posts aren't always the ones they got banned for.

[Cobra]

Yeah, I suppose that's right. So, how about a "Status:" under "Location:" on the left-hand side?

[jimmalenko]

Yeah, I suppose that's right. So, how about a "Status:" under "Location:" on the left-hand side?

I was thinking even in the profile :



Seems a pity to have that big blank space there.

[daamon]

So, how about a "Status:" under "Location:" on the left-hand side?

I was thinking even in the profile

How about both - it's not exactly difficult (is it?). And then the info is in both places where people are most likely to send PMs from...

[Faustus]

Banned users should have their avatar automaticlly changed.

[tgpo]

Banned users should have their avatar automaticlly changed.

To Jack Valenti

[Capmaster]

Banned users should have their avatar automaticlly changed.

To Jack Valenti

Or to what this member is already using:

[Baldrick]

Something like this?

It isn't that simple to add it to the left under the Location:....or I could just change the Member status to Banned

[Capmaster]

Something like this?

It isn't that simple to add it to the left under the Location:....or I could just change the Member status to Banned

Excellent, Baldrick! How about both? ...the badges of shame

[Baldrick]

I forget the yellow cards mod...it is superultrasimple to show if you are banned to the left here....

I'm banned...

[Capmaster]

I'm banned...

Nice

BTW Baldrick - What took you so long? That took many minutes to get done

[jimmalenko]

woohoo !



and



Thanks Baldrick

[Faustus]

NICE!

[Hardcoreruss]

What did defense get banned for ?(quick as always)

[Faustus]

What did defense get banned for ?(quick as always)

It was standard yellow card creap.

[Hardcoreruss]

So yellows get removed after a month but once you get to five it turns to red and that is it?

I mean you can't lose a yellow to come back down to four?

[Cobra]

No, if you have four yellows and another is issued, it automatically bans the user.

Yellows are removed after 30 days if the user PMs the mod.

[daamon]

Wow - defense must've been some kind of retard to accumulate 5 yellows over such a short space of time. That'll be 5 yellows in 30 days, or thereabouts.

What the hell was (s)he doing? Advocating warez in a highly political, racist and religious way whilst telling Baldrick where to go?

[Faustus]

Wow - defense must've been some kind of retard to accumulate 5 yellows over such a short space of time. That'll be 5 yellows in 30 days, or thereabouts.

What the hell was (s)he doing? Advocating warez in a highly political, racist and religious way whilst telling Baldrick where to go?

just being the defense we all know and remember, it was enough

[jimmalenko]

Wow - defense must've been some kind of retard to accumulate 5 yellows over such a short space of time. That'll be 5 yellows in 30 days, or thereabouts.

What the hell was (s)he doing? Advocating warez in a highly political, racist and religious way whilst telling Baldrick where to go?

Is retard considered offensive ?

I feel a yellow card should go daamon's way


I think you'll find the defense didn't get the badges of shame over a 30 day period. AFAIK they are only removed after 30 days if the user PMs the mod that issued it. So if the user forgets to PM the mod, the card stays indefinitely. So the 5 cards probably built up over the years.

Excuse me Russ for paraphrasing, but I think Russ's question is: If someone's on 4 yellows, then they get their 5th (which automatically bans them), and then one month down the track PMs a mod and gets one removed, are they then unbanned (membership reinstated) ?

[Capmaster]

Jimm,
I don't think so

Anyways, the mod is under no obligation to remove the yellow even if PM'ed about it. But if he's banned for 5 yellows, he's banned. Same as if he had gotten a red card.

[Cobra]

Basically, if a user has been obnoxious enough to accumulate five yellows, they don't deserve to be here.

[jimmalenko]

Hey, now that I think of it, why haven't I been banned ?