Reported Post by spot

Post by **spot** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 5:14 am

spot has reported a post.

Reason:Domain sky.com

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Post: Checking in

Forum: Introductions

Assigned Moderators: N/A

Posted by: Night Watchman

Original Content: Been here for some time, wiling away the early hours, when all is quiet, in the games department.

Seasonal greetings to you.

The Night Watchman.

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 6:23 am

spot;1515951 wrote: spot has reported a post.

Reason:

Post: Checking in

Forum: Introductions

Assigned Moderators: N/A

Posted by: Night Watchman

Original Content:

I hadn't even realised that you could play in the arcade as a guest.

The signs are almost conclusive - I'm happy to say goodbye

Post by **LarsMac** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:40 am

An old "friend" ?

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:50 am

LarsMac;1515967 wrote: An old "friend" ?

Sky in Mangotsfield makes it very likely.

Post by **spot** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:57 am

Bryn Mawr;1515953 wrote: I hadn't even realised that you could play in the arcade as a guest.

The username was registered eight days ago, that might be "some time".

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:59 am

I, personally, cannot see what's wrong, but there must be a reason best known to those in charge, for reporting this particular post or particular poster. Perhaps somebody could enlighten me ? Has this poster got an alias that may be more familiar to us ordinary members ?

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 9:06 am

G#Gill;1515971 wrote: I, personally, cannot see what's wrong, but there must be a reason best known to those in charge, for reporting this particular post or particular poster. Perhaps somebody could enlighten me ? Has this poster got an alias that may be more familiar to us ordinary members ?

Oscar

Post by **spot** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 9:08 am

Bryn Mawr;1515969 wrote: Sky in Mangotsfield makes it very likely.

It's like being given an animal and asked whether it's a mammal or a gastropod.

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 9:18 am

Bryn Mawr;1515973 wrote: Oscar

:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Well you've gotta give 8/10 for tryin' ain'tcha ? I think she imagines that you and spot have got your heads in the sand ! Perhaps she doesn't realise that there is such a thing as IP's no matter how many different names you conjure up ! :rolleyes: I used to be a friend of hers several years ago, till I was threatened by her, such a nasty wicked threat as well. Persona non grata as far as I am concerned.

Post by **Betty Boop** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 3:25 pm

are we banning her yet again then ? doesn't she get bored ?

what happens when you make them miserable ?

Post by **spot** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 3:47 pm

Betty Boop;1516003 wrote: are we banning her yet again then ? doesn't she get bored ?

what happens when you make them miserable ?

What I could do this time, instead of an account ban, is flag the account "Coventry" rather than miserable. She can continue posting onto the site but only her logged in account will get her posts shown, she'll be invisible to everyone else. ForumGarden has used it twice in the past but it was a long time ago. Both posters stopped when they were ignored.

"Tachy Goes to Coventry" is a feature in vBulletin 3. Some people call it the hellban. Basically what it does is have people it is assigned to completely ignored in the forums. Their posts, threads and so forth are never seen by regular users.

and http://www.managingcommunities.com/2009 ... -use-them/ is more background. Coventry is a global ignore list.

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 3:50 pm

spot;1516009 wrote: What I could do this time, instead of an account ban, is flag the account "Coventry" rather than miserable. She can continue posting onto the site but only her logged in account will get her posts shown, she'll be invisible to everyone else. ForumGarden has used it twice in the past but it was a long time ago. Both posters stopped when they were ignored.

"Tachy Goes to Coventry" is a feature in vBulletin 3. Some people call it the hellban. Basically what it does is have people it is assigned to completely ignored in the forums. Their posts, threads and so forth are never seen by regular users.

I like it

Post by **Betty Boop** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 4:19 pm

Let's try it, nothing else works lol

Post by **spot** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 5:26 pm

Right, this is what it looks like.

To all regular users or anyone not logged in or spiders, every Coventry post is invisible. If the first post of a thread is a Coventry post the thread's invisible.

To all mods, the post is visible but says " The administrator has decided that Night Watchman should be quiet for a while", and there's a View Post link to bring up the content for anyone interested.

To the poster, the post looks normal.

I just rebuilt the thread and forum indexes, something I've not done for quite a while.

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Tue Dec 19, 2017 4:30 am

Mmmm I'm a nebby sod at heart, Mr. spot, so I would find that 'View Post' link rather interesting LOL

Post by **LarsMac** » Tue Dec 19, 2017 1:07 pm

spot;1516028 wrote: Right, this is what it looks like.

To all regular users or anyone not logged in or spiders, every Coventry post is invisible. If the first post of a thread is a Coventry post the thread's invisible.

To all mods, the post is visible but says " The administrator has decided that Night Watchman should be quiet for a while", and there's a View Post link to bring up the content for anyone interested.

To the poster, the post looks normal.

I just rebuilt the thread and forum indexes, something I've not done for quite a while.

Hmmm, I can think of someone else,...

Nevermind

Post by **spot** » Tue Dec 19, 2017 1:19 pm

LarsMac;1516058 wrote: Hmmm, I can think of someone else,...

Nevermind

Pah. You can't set ignore on an Admin. People have tried and people have failed.

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Tue Dec 19, 2017 1:25 pm

LarsMac;1516058 wrote: Hmmm, I can think of someone else,...

Nevermind

I can think of several but ...