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Old 06-October-2005, 09:37 AM
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Red face Can We Please Have Simtom Back

I know he shouldnt have started the image war thread But and over that call the mod an idiot well im sure hes sorry give him another chance, he is a good friend im sure every one will like him.....
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I think that he has only been given a 3day ban.
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Old 06-October-2005, 10:03 AM
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I know he shouldnt have started the image war thread But and over that call the mod an idiot well im sure hes sorry give him another chance, he is a good friend im sure every one will like him.....
You need to use more smilies. All those darn words are very distracting.
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Old 06-October-2005, 11:37 AM
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You need to use more smilies. All those darn words are very distracting.
Lol Sorry For using so many smileys
And is it only a 3 day ban, thats actually alright then, im sure he'll learn his lesson. he says he always wanted to get banned from a forum
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he says he always wanted to get banned from a forum
Um, congratulations?
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Old 06-October-2005, 02:11 PM
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He violated three board rules in the span of his first five posts, which has to be some kind of record. I can't say I have a whole lot of sympathy for him.
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or hope if he's not really banned, he hasn't realized that life goal yet...
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I know he shouldnt have started the image war thread But and over that call the mod an idiot well im sure hes sorry give him another chance, he is a good friend im sure every one will like him.....
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Judging by one of his later posts about calling a mod an idiot, he certainly didn't seem to "learn his lesson" or feel any remorse....read his posts

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I believe Simtom treated very fair. Should be thankful, should learn form experience.
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...btw i posted the same 2 threads on 4 other forums, none of them seem to have a problem with them, in fact google image wars become one of the most popular threads:

http://www.norsewars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3177
http://www.coasterforce.info/viewtopic.php?t=260

but anyways this forums kind of sucks anyway (i'm not flaming, just speaking my opinion, no need to get stressed and start banning people!)

so later
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He violated three board rules in the span of his first five posts, which has to be some kind of record. I can't say I have a whole lot of sympathy for him.
i violated 3 board rules in my first 5 posts? tell me exactly what i did wrong.

i posted a reply to "I just cant imagine how vacum can really exist, please help." thread and "moon one sixth of earth's gravity?" thread.... then made what i thought was a very fun topic (google image wars), then i wondered why someone kept double posting everywhere and reminded him there was an edit button, and then i made a thread inquiring why the google image war topic was locked.

...and about my thread about the monkey's smoking :P i left the link, so there was no copywrite issue of me quoting what was said, as i showed it wasn't me that was saying it

the rules are there for a reason, but some people obviously didn't undestand about why the don't quote things rule is there, it's to stop people copying other people's stuff.... but i left a link so only an idiot would think that i had written all that stuff myself.

anyways i can guarantee you that if it was someone with a higher post count that made those thread they would not of got a 3 day ban, you really know how to make someone who's new to the site not feel welcome.

sry about the double post :P

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I know he shouldnt have started the image war thread
... why shouldn't i of started that thread? we could of just posted links to google with the images on, if the mod would of given it a chance instead of locking it.

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And is it only a 3 day ban, thats actually alright then, im sure he'll learn his lesson. he says he always wanted to get banned from a forum
I always wanted to get banned from a forum?? lol
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[...] some people obviously didn't undestand about why the don't quote things rule is there, it's to stop people copying other people's stuff.... but i left a link so only an idiot would think that i had written all that stuff myself.
You don't seem to undestand the "don't quote things" rule. You copied the entire article into this forum. Copyright gives the owners of those words the right to control how a copy is used. You should not copy so much of their work -- even if you give attribution so we know you aren't claiming they are yours -- without their permission.

For instance, the creator (or whoever was licensed to publish it) may receive advertising revenue based upon how many human eyeballs view their site's page. If you reproduce their effort elsewhere, you deprive them of their just reward. Before you copy something beyond "fair use", get the permission to do so.
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i violated 3 board rules in my first 5 posts? tell me exactly what i did wrong.
Have you read the rules? See:

Rules For Posting To This Board

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then made what i thought was a very fun topic (google image wars),
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...and about my thread about the monkey's smoking :P i left the link, so there was no copywrite issue of me quoting what was said, as i showed it wasn't me that was saying it
Rule 4. You posted THE ENTIRE THING.

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but i left a link so only an idiot would think that i had written all that stuff myself.
Bolding added. As I recall, you used similar words before. Rule 2.

It seems pretty obvious to me.
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i violated 3 board rules in my first 5 posts? tell me exactly what i did wrong.
1. Started a thread that encourages blatant violation of forum rules. (This has been discussed.)
2/3. Calling me an idiot and using an abbreviation for profane language here. (Admittedly this third one is kind of marginal.)

And if you count the monkey thing, that's 4 rules in the first 9 posts.

P.S. I moved your "largest 3-digit number" thread to this forum from the Q&A one since it seemed more appropriate - the Q&A is for serious questions about astronomy only.
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...what happened here? Anyone care to fill me in?
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but anyways this forums kind of sucks anyway (i'm not flaming, just speaking my opinion, no need to get stressed and start banning people!)

so later
Goodbye! There are plenty of people here that like this forum so losing one who doesn't isn't really that important

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Simtom, you are obviously very young, so I would allow you some growing room. But coming here to boast of what you got away with elsewhere is not likely to make you any friends. Telling us that our forum sucks is not likely to make you many friends. And if you think this forum sucks, why come back to tell us? Just go somewhere you think doesn't suck.
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Old 11-October-2005, 07:33 AM
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omg you guys have no life....

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...it isn't an offtopic thread it's kind of a question thread.... what do you think is the largest number there is by writing 3 digits only!

ToSeek if it was someone with a higher post count would you still of banned them?