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BigDon
29-January-2007, 08:42 AM
So I'm haunting the forums here tonight to ward off the post "having the kids for the weekend" blues. (I hate having to give them back. Even though every single dish I own is dirty and awaiting my attention. I'll do them in the morning)

I got curious as to which moderator has given the most bans and I went to the ol' heave-ho section and counted up who's who. I decided not to count sock puppets being rooted out unless that was the banning reason as that means the guy was already banned. I counted by hand so I might have an error rate of +/- 2.

So I got:

Fraser 1

Fram 1

Duane 2

Matthew 2

Moose 3

Tinaa 4

Josh 5 (The low count surprized me considering how Johnny-on-the-spot he is in potential trouble spots)

Here's where the numbers start to steepen aka "hockeystick" like atmospheric CO2.

Nereid 14 (I was thinking, "How big a jerk do you have to be to get banned by Nereid?" Then as I read them I realized almost all the bannings were for straight up violations of forum mechanics as opposed to someone popping a wingnut or Ad Homming himself out the door. Cool, precise and meticulous. Just like I imagine he/she to be.)

The BA Hisself 17 (He's meaner than he lets on, so I'm not going to poke the bear here. He sent me a PM in October that hurt my feelings. I keep it so I can re-read it when I get fed up with some of the ATM knuckleheads or the goofs in the Conspiracy forum. Keeps me still here)

Toseek 32 (Everybodies favorite Vulcan and Googler, includes me as one of his scalps)

Antoniseb 41! and still not the winner!

And now, Ladies and Gentlemen! I present to you The Terror from Texas! The Austin Annihilator, The Blackhole of BAUTs BadBoys! I give you....

WOLVERINE! Yes Wolverine, the Pitbull of Perdition, has made your baut experiance smoother and saner by banishing no less than 53 enemies of good order and logic from these forums.

Okay, I was going to go on but I think I'm going to stop now. Even though this entire thread was in jest, I'm going to make someone mad. Someone who has a ban button...
Nicolas
29-January-2007, 08:50 AM
Fram 1

Fram never was a moderator.
Moose
29-January-2007, 02:30 PM
Neither was Moose. Moose was reporting on bans done by... you know... actual mods.
ToSeek
29-January-2007, 03:40 PM
The sad thing is that that doesn't include most of the spammers, whom we don't bother to report on that thread. I typically ban four or five spammers a day, and I'm just one moderator.
Moose
29-January-2007, 03:57 PM
Don, if you're curious, one of the bannings you've attributed to me actually should be attributed to Josh. (Just follow the link for evidence.)

The other two (the poster and sock) were done by the BA himself. That much I remember clearly.
Frog march
29-January-2007, 04:20 PM
The sad thing is that that doesn't include most of the spammers, whom we don't bother to report on that thread. I typically ban four or five spammers a day, and I'm just one moderator.


just wait until they discover subspace communication and the net goes intergalactic.
Neverfly
29-January-2007, 04:57 PM
Proud of Fellow Austinites.....
tlbs101
29-January-2007, 05:08 PM
The sad thing is that that doesn't include most of the spammers, whom we don't bother to report on that thread. I typically ban four or five spammers a day, and I'm just one moderator.
I appreciate the time you (and the other mods) spend keeping these boards free of spam. Thanks!
BigDon
29-January-2007, 08:08 PM
What tlbs101 said and the fact you guys don't let folks run amok in the signiture section of their ID's. I go to websites that are barely functional because of all the 400x600 pixal flashey bullsugar, twelve stanza emo poetry and/or a two paragragh short story explaining their "furry" online alter-egos...

Toseek - As I tried to point out this was all in jest sir. I used only material I could glean from the reject pile. As a matter of fact I'm sure that if I had posted truely accurate data I would definately warrent some short of investigation.

Moose- I was thinking of not including you and fram's entries, but as I wasn't serious I didn't think it would hurt.
Moose
29-January-2007, 08:20 PM
Moose- I was thinking of not including you and fram's entries, but as I wasn't serious I didn't think it would hurt.

Oh, okay. Do I get bragging rights for having "outshot" Fraser without the benefit of a "gun"?
davidlpf
29-January-2007, 10:47 PM
No wonder Wolverine is taking a break.
Moose
29-January-2007, 11:03 PM
No wonder Wolverine is taking a break.

Yeah. Out of ammo. :)
Van Rijn
29-January-2007, 11:28 PM
Oh, okay. Do I get bragging rights for having "outshot" Fraser without the benefit of a "gun"?

Aha! Moose, the Ninja Mod! Beware his magical stealth ban power!
davidlpf
29-January-2007, 11:39 PM
Aha! Moose, the Ninja Mod! Beware his magical stealth ban power!
Very impressive when you consider it is hard for a moose to sneak up on somebody.:D
Moose
29-January-2007, 11:42 PM
Very impressive when you consider it is hard for a moose to sneak up on somebody.:D

Yeah, but we're just about invisible at night.
davidlpf
30-January-2007, 12:44 AM
I do not how Nereid have such patience with some of the posters in the atm threads.
BigDon
30-January-2007, 01:07 AM
My thoughts exactly Davidlpf.

One thing I am starting to notice is the mods are getting away from linking to the offending thread or post. Half the fun of seeing someone you started to really dispise getting the ol' "boot to the rear" is reading where they finally got enough rope to hang themselves.
Gillianren
30-January-2007, 01:33 AM
Yeah, but we're just about invisible at night.

You! You bit my sister, didn't you?
Moose
30-January-2007, 01:45 AM
Are you sure it wasn't the llamas?
BigDon
30-January-2007, 01:57 AM
Moose bites can be serious you know.
Maksutov
30-January-2007, 02:52 AM
You! You bit my sister, didn't you?Was she Karving her initials on the mǿǿse?
davidlpf
30-January-2007, 10:56 PM
Antoniseb is know up to 42.
BigDon
30-January-2007, 11:06 PM
<And the crowd begins to chant> Anton! Anton! Anton!







(Boy, that nesting functions correctly is harder than it looks.)
davidlpf
31-January-2007, 12:48 AM
<And the crowd begins to chant> Anton! Anton! Anton!







(Boy, that nesting functions correctly is harder than it looks.)
Be a while before they are caught up with Wolverine.
BigDon
02-February-2007, 01:58 AM
43 now, ten knuckleheads to go for a tie.
mugaliens
02-February-2007, 08:05 PM
The sad thing is that that doesn't include most of the spammers, whom we don't bother to report on that thread. I typically ban four or five spammers a day, and I'm just one moderator.

Doesn't vBulletin have anti-spam software, such as the squiggly characters that a user must type in when registering and having to be activated using a real e-mail address?
mugaliens
02-February-2007, 08:09 PM
Yeah, but we're just about invisible at night.

But you're still noisy. A momma moose and her baby kept crashign through our campsite, just a couple of feet away from our tent before going WHOOOSH! into the large pond next to where we were camping.

About 8 times.

Definately woke us up.

About 8 times.

Never was bit, though...
ToSeek
02-February-2007, 10:24 PM
Doesn't vBulletin have anti-spam software, such as the squiggly characters that a user must type in when registering and having to be activated using a real e-mail address?

Yes, and without it there would probably be hundreds of spams a day. But even so there are still easily a half-dozen daily, and probably more.