04-10-2000 18:05									#1
	The ******** of banning the area25ers Avatar Enlargement: We've got the solution

(THE ONLY TOPIC ABOUT THIS PLEASE)

This is all rather silly, I mean the people there only upped their post counts by around 100 each so that's all they should be reduced by. I've been lurking there since someone told me about it and I was scared to post in case this happened but anyway, my opinions:-
Just close the forum and unban the posters. it's terribly unfair to ban them for something that isn't really discussed much in the FAQ. If punishments are going to be severe then the FAQ should be adjusted. The FAQ gives guidelines for how posters behave, and lest we forget, for how moderators behave too.
All-in-all the posters haven't done much wrong. They just found an empty forum and used it for their own ends without causing any harm to anyone else. That they kept their spam away from the off-topic is quite admirable I think, as a lurker.
Release the Area 25ers!

	04-10-2000 18:11									#2
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if you were a real person and not a Nimrod/Dookie/Warning DL I would reply on the subject....

	04-10-2000 18:16									#3
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MarkG,

Are you going to ban Lisa as well for being a DL?

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	04-10-2000 18:20									#4
	Full PM-box? Change here!

already done

	04-10-2000 18:24									#5
	Avatar Enlargement: We've got the solution

180 day banning for all those in question MarkG. Be firm!

	04-10-2000 18:35									#6
	Suffering from ads?

I suspect you're a D/L too JETw - of someone who likes likes funny names. You only show up at certain times.

	04-10-2000 20:07									#7
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I only show up at certain times as I can only post when I am at work. I have no computer at home and, in any case, I have other things to do in the evenings.

You are entitled to your view as I know I am real and went through that nonsense when I first registered here. I wonder why those are grounds for accusing me?

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<font size=1 face=Arial color=444444>[This message has been edited by Jesus Egg that Wept (edited October 04, 2000).]</font>

	04-10-2000 20:08									#8
	Remove this text

"someone who likes funny names"

This from a poster called Alexander's Horse!

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	04-10-2000 20:36									#9
	Avatar Enlargement: We've got the solution

Is that not kinda like fascism for not allowing people to say what they want?

heh...

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Thomas Hubert
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	04-10-2000 20:41									#10
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The blanket accusation of DL seems to be common around here. It appears to be commonly used to dismiss the viewpoints of others.

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	05-10-2000 09:29									#11
	Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

Could someone please explain what this is all about? All I know is the (probably biased) views of those who were restricted, as revealed on other forums.

Murgatroyd

	05-10-2000 09:42									#12
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Murgatroyd: Someone (probably The Call of Snapcase) found an empty forum directory on the Apolyton server. He then alerted a select few, and these few then used this empty forum to spam to their hearts content. This happened - AFAIK - about one week ago. They got cocky, however, and let more people into their little circle. And as such things always go, they were found out. How is as yet unknown, and will probably stay so.

Now we are just all waiting exitedly for the sentences. MUWAHAHAHAHA

Asmodean

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	05-10-2000 09:50									#13
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They got caught because they got cockey about it. Nimrod/Dookie/whatever started a thread where he alluded to it. And then AH posted a link in the thread. The link was later deleted, but not soon enough.
Granted, it would have eventually been caught, but it did make it easier.

And yes, still awaiting judgement

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Ming
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Ming@Apolyton.net

	04-10-2000 22:06									#14
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Darn it. The "extra" forum has been deleted now. I wanted to read some of that stuff again, the better to understand the sentences when they are handed down. I know that it's not the coolest stuff to have lying around on the server, but:

Mark, Dan, Ming....if the sentences result in an uproar (as such sentences have been known to do in the past), is it wise to have deleted the evidence so soon - e.g. before more people have had a chance to read what it's all about? I know that you have handled such uproars before, but it seems to me that you would save yourselves a lot of work by just leaving the stuff there for all to see.

Asmodean

	04-10-2000 22:13									#15
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Well most of it was boring spam, as can be expected. But I enjoyed trawling through it this morning. Pity it wasn't just changed to 'read only'.

	04-10-2000 23:41									#17
	Enter the AD-FREE zone

Can we have a trial?
With the Admin. as the panel of judges?
Prosecuters,
defendants mouthpieces,
witnesses,evidence?

Could they get life or be tried as minors?

This could beat the OJ trial.

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Wildbill
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