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...

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Fram never was a moderator.

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To the regular visitor of internet bulletin boards it is clear that it's an excellent idea your parents get to choose your real name.

Neither was Moose. Moose was reporting on bans done by... you know... actual mods.

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Listen close to everybody's heart________And you believe there's good in everybody's heart
And hear that breaking sound_____________Keep it safe and sound
Hopes and dreams are shattering apart____With hope you can do your part
And crashing to the ground_______________To turn a life around

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.

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Everything I need to know I learned through Googling.

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.

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Listen close to everybody's heart________And you believe there's good in everybody's heart
And hear that breaking sound_____________Keep it safe and sound
Hopes and dreams are shattering apart____With hope you can do your part
And crashing to the ground_______________To turn a life around

just wait until they discover subspace communication and the net goes intergalactic.

Proud of Fellow Austinites.....

I appreciate the time you (and the other mods) spend keeping these boards free of spam. Thanks!

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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.

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"The beauty of that discussion of averages is that you don't have to be an expert in Apollo or in photography in order to see where this time study "analysis" breaks down. You just have to be, well...not an idiot." -JayUtah

Oh, okay. Do I get bragging rights for having "outshot" Fraser without the benefit of a "gun"?

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Listen close to everybody's heart________And you believe there's good in everybody's heart
And hear that breaking sound_____________Keep it safe and sound
Hopes and dreams are shattering apart____With hope you can do your part
And crashing to the ground_______________To turn a life around

No wonder Wolverine is taking a break.

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If it's just us, it seems like an awful waste of space.
Contact Carl Sagan

Yeah. Out of ammo.

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[Dr. Horrible]___________________________[Penny]
Listen close to everybody's heart________And you believe there's good in everybody's heart
And hear that breaking sound_____________Keep it safe and sound
Hopes and dreams are shattering apart____With hope you can do your part
And crashing to the ground_______________To turn a life around

Aha! Moose, the Ninja Mod! Beware his magical stealth ban power!

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Disclaimer: Avatar is not an official NASA image and does not imply any specific interplanetary or interstellar capability.

The Leif Ericson Cruiser

Very impressive when you consider it is hard for a moose to sneak up on somebody.

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If it's just us, it seems like an awful waste of space.
Contact Carl Sagan

Yeah, but we're just about invisible at night.

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[Dr. Horrible]___________________________[Penny]
Listen close to everybody's heart________And you believe there's good in everybody's heart
And hear that breaking sound_____________Keep it safe and sound
Hopes and dreams are shattering apart____With hope you can do your part
And crashing to the ground_______________To turn a life around

I do not how Nereid have such patience with some of the posters in the atm threads.

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Contact Carl Sagan

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.

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"The beauty of that discussion of averages is that you don't have to be an expert in Apollo or in photography in order to see where this time study "analysis" breaks down. You just have to be, well...not an idiot." -JayUtah

You! You bit my sister, didn't you?

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Gillian

"Now everyone was giving her that kind of look UFOlogists get when they suddenly say, 'Hey, if you shade your eyes you can see it is just a flock of geese after all.'"

"You can't erase icing."

"I can't believe it doesn't work! I found it on the internet, man!"

Are you sure it wasn't the llamas?

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[Dr. Horrible]___________________________[Penny]
Listen close to everybody's heart________And you believe there's good in everybody's heart
And hear that breaking sound_____________Keep it safe and sound
Hopes and dreams are shattering apart____With hope you can do your part
And crashing to the ground_______________To turn a life around