Banned for using the word "phuck" in AH

PullMyFinger!

Nesf is usually the most level headed of the AH Mods but I find his banning of me for a week for using the word "phuck" when describing taxi drivers as "greedy phucks" to be completely OTT.

Ive been a member/user of Boards for 3 or 4 years now, this is completetly unwarrented and not in the AH Charter.

Ruu_Old

Complaints are not for feedback, take it to the mod in question or use Helpdesk.

seamus

Link?

PullMyFinger!

I cant link to it as I cant get into AH

Its in the last couple of pages of the taxi thread

nesf

This is the part of the charter that got you banned:

Arguing with a moderator
- Do not argue with a moderator in a thread after they have given a warning or a ban etc. If you have an issue with a moderator's action then PM the mod in question. They will discuss it with you. You can then, if unsatisfied with the PM route, take things to Feedback.

Giving cheek or attitude to a moderator will get you banned.

Do not under any circumstances complain about a mod on this forum. Do it either on PM or in Feedback.

fade2black

Haha...giving cheek. Tis like being back in school again. Take the ban like a man pullmyfinger. It's good to spend some time away from after hours.

Stark

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054937110&page=5

^^^
Link to thread. Came across it by accident while reading After Hours (why, oh god why?). Apparently OP was banned for only a week. Excitement/drama potential: low. My need for sleep: high. Goodnight all.

PullMyFinger!

Ok but where in the Charter does it say the word "f*ck" cant be retyped as "fcuk" etc? Its done every day on every board on Boards :rolleyes: You seem to be taking a bad day out on nothing at all Nesf which is a shame as, upto now, you were far and away the most level headed of the AH mods

Dirk Gently

In fairness he gave you a clear warning for your over use of the word and then you posted the word straight after receiving that warning. It's not like the ban came out of nowhere. You were warned and you continued to argue.

PullMyFinger!

fade2black wrote:

Haha...giving cheek. Tis like being back in school again.

My point exactly.

Pighead

PullMyFinger! wrote:

Ok but where in the Charter does it say the word "f*ck" cant be retyped as "fcuk" etc? Its done every day on every board on Boards :rolleyes: You seem to be taking a bad day out on nothing at all Nesf which is a shame as, upto now, you were far and away the most level headed of the AH mods

Stop fcuking moaning PullMyFinger (3/10,He's a fcuking moaner). The week will fcuking fly by. Good Fcuking Night.

fade2black

PullMyFinger! wrote:

My point exactly.

It's the charter though. The thing you're supposed to read and agree to before posting. If you got warnings too you must have seen this coming. Seriously, you know this is not the most important thing that's going to happen to you this week.

PullMyFinger!

clown bag wrote:

In fairness he gave you a clear warning for your over use of the word and then you posted the word straight after receiving that warning. It's not like the ban came out of nowhere. You were warned and you continued to argue.

It doesnt say anywhere in the Charter that the word cant be re-typed as "fcuk" or whatever. If it was I wouldnt haved used it. It also isnt overused by me. Id like examples.

Is everyone who bandies about variations of the F word going to be banned/warned then?

Tis a joke.

PullMyFinger!

Pighead wrote:

Stop fcuking moaning PullMyFinger (3/10,He's a fcuking moaner). The week will fcuking fly by. Good Fcuking Night.

Ban him!

evad_lhorg

PullMyFinger! wrote:

My point exactly.

agreed there are A LOT of mods and posters that take this thing called boards.ie too seriously and act like they are above you and better than you because they are a mod of a postboard. so what if the charter says it. Take it easy. its not gonna hurt your ego to take a little abuse or if someone argues. youre not always right mods.

Dirk Gently

I agree every Cnut on boards does use adaptations of curses regularly but to publicly argue with a mod of the particular forum your posting only invites a banning. When you got the warning you should have protested in a pm and not on the public board.
You basically said...Go on, I dare you to ban me. (and he did)

PullMyFinger!

PullMyFinger! wrote:

It doesnt say anywhere in the Charter that the word cant be re-typed as "fcuk" or whatever. If it was I wouldnt haved used it. It also isnt overused by me. Id like examples.

Is everyone who bandies about variations of the F word going to be banned/warned then?

Tis a joke.

You were asked by a moderator to stop doing a specific action on that forum. This is called 'a warning.'

From the Charter:

Arguing with a moderator
- Do not argue with a moderator in a thread after they have given a warning or a ban etc. If you have an issue with a moderator's action then PM the mod in question. They will discuss it with you. You can then, if unsatisfied with the PM route, take things to Feedback.

Giving cheek or attitude to a moderator will get you banned.

Do not under any circumstances complain about a mod on this forum. Do it either on PM or in Feedback.

You attempted to argue with a moderator after receiving a warning, and you were then banned. If you can't see this, then that's your issue.

seamus

I agree with nesf.

nesf

You weren't banned because you used the word phuck. You were banned because you argued a warning that I gave you. Twice. I was nice and explained myself again the first time.

Oh and btw, the charter isn't a binding document on mods it's just a list of the things that will definitely get you banned.


Edit: Oh and the text in your sig is too big

Giblet

You were lucky, if I had warned you twice and you still wouldn't shut up It'd be a much longer ban.

Rb

So he was warned for overusing a word, and then banned for questioning it...a bit much IMO especially considering theres a thread sitting there with adults and children talking/questioning each other about sex/masturbation and absolutely nothings been said about it..
Oh well, just my 2cents worth.

Giblet

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garred

How about for abuse. There are several taxi drivers that use boards and your constant referal of them (taxi drivers in general) as "fcukers" was a bit much no? You started off airing your grievencess honestly enough at the begining but what got into you near the end?

Neil_Sedaka

garred wrote:

How about for abuse. There are several taxi drivers that use boards and your constant referal of them (taxi drivers in general) as "fcukers" was a bit much no?

Agreed!

simu

San José? Sure, that's the back of beyonds!

nesf

garred wrote:

How about for abuse. There are several taxi drivers that use boards and your constant referal of them (taxi drivers in general) as "fcukers" was a bit much no? You started off airing your grievencess honestly enough at the begining but what got into you near the end?

That is the reason he was requested to tone down his language in the first place. The word itself is not something that I would ban someone for or warn someone about, it is the context in which it is used that is important.

nesf

evad_lhorg wrote:

agreed there are A LOT of mods and posters that take this thing called boards.ie too seriously and act like they are above you and better than you because they are a mod of a postboard. so what if the charter says it. Take it easy. its not gonna hurt your ego to take a little abuse or if someone argues. youre not always right mods.

The rules on AH are simple. We don't interfere in the forum unless it's necessary, but when we do we expect people to respect our decisions. He wasn't going to be banned over something as minor as using the phrase "greedy phuckers" in a way that offended some people. All he had to do was have the cop on to stop using said phrase after he was asked to.

That way none of us would be wasting our time in here arguing over this.

amp

simu wrote:

San José? Sure, that's the back of beyonds!

la lalalala lalalala!

Zillah

Ruu wrote:

Complaints are not for feedback

Yes they are... :rolleyes:

WhiteWashMan

PullMyFinger! wrote:

Ok but where in the Charter does it say the word "f*ck" cant be retyped as "fcuk" etc? Its done every day on every board on Boards :rolleyes: You seem to be taking a bad day out on nothing at all Nesf which is a shame as, upto now, you were far and away the most level headed of the AH mods

blah blah blah blah blah blah.

stop whinging like a girl.

whether it is 'technically' right or wrong that you were banned, you were banned by nesf, and youre going to stay banned.

now, have youre little rant, get over it, and no doubt we will see your significant contributions back in AH in a week.

garred wrote:

How about for abuse. There are several taxi drivers that use boards and your constant referal of them (taxi drivers in general) as "fcukers" was a bit much no? You started off airing your grievencess honestly enough at the begining but what got into you near the end?

i have no doubt we will see you campaigning vociferously in future against travelling people being called 'knackers' about people from tallaght being called 'chavs', about people from the northside being called 'scumbags', about people from poland being generalised as 'gansters' and all the other rubbish that is posted up?

we will wont we?

becuase it would be really stupid for you to come on here and complain about this if youre not.

wouldnt it?

rb_ie wrote:

So he was warned for overusing a word, and then banned for questioning it...a bit much IMO especially considering theres a thread sitting there with adults and children talking/questioning each other about sex/masturbation and absolutely nothings been said about it..
Oh well, just my 2cents worth.

sorry, didnt see youre reported post.
must have missed it.

usually rubbish from you rb_ie. same old usual rubbish.
/ignore

Gordon

Jaysus Pullmyphinger!, how many boards is that you've been banned from now?