thread: How to ban?
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12-12-2004, 01:51 PM
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It's a vB hack. What it does is it changes the "Create new thread" screen by adding an extra textbox, and any usernames you put in there can't access that thread. It's good if anyone is being an ass in your thread, but if there is ever someone who isn't liked on the forum, everyone blocks them from every thread they ever make, which is like an unauthorised forumwide ban. That only happens (in my experience anyway) on larger forums, but it also happens between two or more members who have been involved in an argument, which could happen here.
Exactly. Take the religion debate in Off-Topic Discussion, or other priceless debates in the forums' history. People get annoyed at others, and no doubt, people will ban others. Which is why we leave banning up to the Administrative staff. Even then, banning isn't a common thing.

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