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Yesterday I banned someone because they were a troll and quite possibly a dangerous lunatic. The interesting thing is they had posted several hundred posts, many of them grossly offensive to members, without anyone complaining. I've just had a look at another thread where there have been complaints in the thread about religious or racial insults and what are seen as double standards in dealing with them. None of them have been reported as far as I can tell.
It's hard to judge whether something is a joke- and often whether it is taken as a joke- but it is very easy to build up into flame wars. Please don't hurl insults generally. Puting a smiley at the end when you've insulted someone peronally or for other reasons doesn't help.
There is a little red triangle at the top right hand corner of a post so people can report offensive posts. Use it. Use it to report any post you think offensive, not just ones that attack you. People are talking about things they think important so passions run high; nevertheless, a basic courtesy [or hypocrisy- there's not much difference] is necessary for it to be debate and discussion forum rather than a rant rave and froth at the mouth forum.

Yesterday I banned someone because they were a troll and quite possibly a dangerous lunatic. The interesting thing is they had posted several hundred posts, many of them grossly offensive to members, without anyone complaining. I've just had a look at another thread where there have been complaints in the thread about religious or racial insults and what are seen as double standards in dealing with them. None of them have been reported as far as I can tell.
It's hard to judge whether something is a joke- and often whether it is taken as a joke- but it is very easy to build up into flame wars. Please don't hurl insults generally. Puting a smiley at the end when you've insulted someone peronally or for other reasons doesn't help.
There is a little red triangle at the top right hand corner of a post so people can report offensive posts. Use it. Use it to report any post you think offensive, not just ones that attack you. People are talking about things they think important so passions run high; nevertheless, a basic courtesy [or hypocrisy- there's not much difference] is necessary for it to be debate and discussion forum rather than a rant rave and froth at the mouth forum.

Who? Legbreakgoogly, PLEASE!

Weej, I said above that I think it's a good idea, in d&d at least, for mods to offer some explanation when people are banned, if only as a reminder to remaining members about what is/isn't acceptable.

The BNP guys who appear to have been banned, almost en masse, weren't even warned first about any transgressions, just banned - at least in some cases.

I understand that the BNP collective consisted of a lot of duplicate identities: they were caught via their IPs and banned for their multiple personalities.

Well, maybe fair enough Weej. Some admitted as much, others say they did nowt wrong. I hope they weren't judged as a collective (?).

I would really like to know what the forum guidlines are with regards to religion, I honestly see nothing wrong with criticising religion.

There's criticising religion, and then there's charging in with a half-baked set of Marx and Nietzsche quotes and declaring all theists irrational or self-deluding.