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Thread Ban ?

Hagar · 2006-05-19 09:02:33

Is it possible to ban a poster from a thread rather than from a whole forum? This could be a very useful method of giving out slaps on the wrist for minor offences that are disruptive but not worthy of a more serious ban.

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19-05-2006 10:02am

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Hagar

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Is it possible to ban a poster from a thread rather than from a whole forum?

This could be a very useful method of giving out slaps on the wrist for minor offences that are disruptive but not worthy of a more serious ban.

Post edited by Shield on December 2021

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#2 19-05-2006 10:16am
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You know something, that wouldn't be a bad idea.

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#3 19-05-2006 10:20am
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Nope it's not a setting that comes in this message board,(yet) someday I hope the boys over in vB.org will sort a hack for it maybe as i'm looking for something like that myself.

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#4 19-05-2006 11:57am
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I dont think a thread ban is worth a piss. A ban is a punishment and should be used as such. Why should they start painting people with shades of moron?

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#5 19-05-2006 12:08pm
Hagar

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Because there are shades of moron perhaps?

An otherwise steady poster in a forum might just go a little to far in one thread perhaps because it touches a nerve or something, he could be locked out of the thread and go about his otherwise steady posting.
Naturally I'm only suggesting this for minor infractions not gross misbehaviour.

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#6 19-05-2006 4:05pm
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sure a ban can be put on for just a week, i was banned from one forum for two weeks

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#7 19-05-2006 4:29pm
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Have a look at this link. It was forwarded to me by someone via Skype.

Thanks. You know who you are.

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=109416&highlight=thread+ban

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#8 19-05-2006 4:36pm
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i'd ban you for posting that!

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#9 19-05-2006 4:44pm
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And there's me thinking I was special.

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#10 19-05-2006 4:54pm
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Don't really need it.

Just say "post in this thread again and I will ban you from this forum"

Puts the foot down and shows you mean business to the other people on the thread.

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#11 20-05-2006 10:15pm
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Hagar wrote:

Have a look at this link. It was forwarded to me by someone via Skype.

Thanks. You know who you are.

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=109416&highlight=thread+ban

Oh thanks for that! your a star!

*clicks Install and is very happy *

Peace out

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#12 20-05-2006 11:02pm
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Yeah there's a hack done that bans from a thread, but tbh the user will act like an ass and make a new thread so its just as good to ban from a forum.

Teach em a lesson.

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#13 22-05-2006 11:57am
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6th wrote:

A ban is a punishment and should be used as such.

Bans are sometimes punishment, but often more a case of "you should go away now, so everyone else can use the forum". Thread bans would be useful in the latter case.

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#14 22-05-2006 12:18pm
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Aye, sometimes you ban because people are acting the idiot, but there are cases where i've personally used a cool down ban - where a generally good user has gotten somewhat over excited on a topic. this kind of thing owuld be very useful for that.

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