Oxquo Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 After all the PM's I get about other members, do you think it's fair to hold a poll, set by the admins on whether the group would be better off without a disruptive member? I see this on other boards and although seldomly used, the fact that I have seen it means that it is used on occassion. This is to say that after a few warnings and temporary bannings an admin would set a vote as to whether the trouble maker would be dismissed permanently or not. This is fair i think in the sense that even the trouble maker is allowed to vote for himself to stay on the island so to speak. I also think this allows more fairness over all instead of just banning someone for shits and giggles or atleast that is what other members might believe. The poll should never have to come up after a few warnings but according to my PM's it may be a good step to take on occassion, voice you're opinion now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Roth Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 I voted yes. However, anyone with half a brain can get around bannings on forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxquo Posted December 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 not necessarily true since there are many people on the web today who have to get someone to turn on their computers for them it seems. It seems that once behind the mask of a screen name many people become brave or stupid we have had members banned on this site and the temporary fix seemed to do nothing for them, I am speaking of a permanent ban for people like that. Thanks for you're vote..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garhan Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 let democ :pff: racy rule.... and then its hammer time.... :chair: Garhan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rahim101 Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 I think a poll is great, but it should be the mods and admin that vote only!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishManTy Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 I haven't really noticed a large problem on this forum so far... There have been a few blow ups and tempers being shown, but most resolved in good spirit. But I don't read every Thread so maybe im missing something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD. Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 I would think that if the folks in admin don't have enough common sense to know when to remove overly disruptive members, then perhaps they ought not be in admin. As long as rules & regs aren't being broken, I don't see the need for suspensions. I'm obviously missing all of these disruptive comments that you're receiving complaints about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunl Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 I agree with that comment. I'm sorry, but if you don't know when a member should be banned, stop moderating. Sure, post for advice, ask the admin in the beginning, but after a while, you should know what is acceptable and what is not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 Yep, I'm jumping on that bandwagon. Don't pass off that responsibility to the users. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxquo Posted December 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 I am just simply passing on a suggestion not imposing a law, anyways it sounds like some like it and some don't, no wonder Ralph Klein is in charge, it is obvious that no one in Alberta votes except him hahahahahaha. Man I miss that guy's great BS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 I also voted no I dont' think it should be up to regular members to decide who gets banned. I do think that members input should be listened to and be taken into consideration but i think that the admins are quite capable of dealing with the disruptive members. I do think that rahim's idea of maybe discussing it with all the mods and admins before anything is finalized is a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandopsis Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 Agreed. John is there a problem w/ someone i don't know about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpaul Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 I don't think voting is necessary at all..If someone is being disruptive/disrespectful, and doesn't smarten up after a couple suggestions to "cool it", boot their a** permanently...Don't even let it drag on for a while... David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunl Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 After all the PM's I get about other members, do you think it's fair to hold a poll, set by the admins on whether the group would be better off without a disruptive member? In all honesty, this looks like a witch hunt to me. People are complaining about a certain member, so with not enough evidence to back it up, let's put a poll to the members and ask them to create a majority to boot this member. Just what would specifically be called disruptive? Having a different opinion? And do we want all the members to have different opinons of disruptive and be voting on it? Let's say I decide that I don't like someone on this board, and suddenly, to my joy, there is a poll asking if we should ban this member. Whatdaya think I'm going to say? If you aren't sure about banning someone, perhaps some guidelines for moderators should be put in place. Including what exactly should be considered for banning..... JMO, Dunl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD. Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 Another thing to keep in mind is that some users are far more active on this site than others, and the vast majority of registered members will most likely not vote on *any* issue, let alone one that involves suspending a member. Currently there are 189 registered users on this site total votes in this poll so far = 13 I agree with dunl, it sounds to me like admin needs to put some general guidelines in place for what should involve a warning PM, and/or a permanent suspension. I'd also like to say that I think Jay has a good handle on this site, and if there's any voting to be done, I vote that Jay is the only person that should be handing out permanent suspensions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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