Banned accounts

[nachtspiegel]

I think they should be deleted, posts gone.
If the member hasn't contributed enough to the community to be allowed to remain, why should their posts clutter up the forums?

Even though most people don't read older posts and threads like I do when I have too much time on my hands, it aggravates me to see some of the annoying posts from banned members.

Thoughts?

[The Batman]

Idk I mean I thinks good to still have those accounts because sometimes I check back and try and see if I can figure out why they were banned. It helps me learn what not to do so I won't end up that way. Also it kinda shows,"This could be you if you don't follow the rules," type of thing. So pretty much I think we should keep them.

[Sugaree]

It might be a good idea. I'm not sure though. It would get rid of all the posts that clutter the forum from banned members as you said. But, deleting the accounts is against our policy.

[iJack]

Some banned members were great, but f'ed up later on. Also banning is undoable, and banning also shows the banned member why they were banned.

[Maverick]

If a post is constructive but the person is banned then I don't see a problem with it remaining. But usually posts from banned members that aren't constructive (which probably is why they got banned in the first place) get deleted.

It makes sense to delete the posts that are problematic rather than mass deleting.

Also in rare cases some members do get unbanned and deleting posts is irreversible.

[japanman]

I dont really like the idea itll make the site seem too good plus some of those members were good for awhile.

[CookieMonster]

I could be wrong, but deleting the account would just say their posts were made by "guest". And deleting every single one of their posts would be a lot of work for the staff.
And as others have said, many of the banned members have contributed to the forum, but then messed up later.

[The Resurrected One]

Well if a troll registers and makes, like, three threads, then those probably would be deleted. But members like thesonicguy, Trampster, and Glasgow, who made a lot of posts, shouldn't have their posts deleted. Because then that would be too much.

[The Batman]

Jack banning is not "undoable" there have been plenty of members on here who were banned but got to come back.

[Maverick]

Jack banning is not "undoable" there have been plenty of members on here who were banned but got to come back.
Saying plenty is overdoing it but it does happen.

[nachtspiegel]

I was more or less referring to members that weren't recently banned, and probably aren't coming back.
I didn't think to add that in my original post. :confused:

[Θάνατος]

Well deleting post by banned members is a bad idea. One reason is that it make a god thread confusing by talking out the baned member's post. Like it has been mentioned here some of the banned member's post may be useful to other members on VT. I don't see the point of erasing the posts since it will be a lot of work to do so.

Is there really a point to deleting post unless they are harmful to VT and those posts are usually taken care by Mods and Admins any way.

[Antares]

I don't agree.
There are many people that have been banned that have contributed loads to the site. We don't delete accounts because it will cause missing posts in threads and it will cause the threads to not make sense. If we start deleting accounts after they are banned it will cause a lot of missing posts and also people will start making themselves getting banned so their account would be deleted. I don't think that this will happen or should. So yeah...thats my take.

[iJack]

Jack banning is not "undoable" there have been plenty of members on here who were banned but got to come back.
Yes, it is. You can un-ban someone.

[Antares]

Yes, it is. You can un-ban someone.
That's what he said.
He was correcting you because you said that you can't "unban" someone but you can.

[Gavin]

Yes, it is. You can un-ban someone.

I think your confusing yourself :P

We should keep the posts that matter as said, and all problematic posts gone.

[iJack]

Some banned members were great, but f'ed up later on. Also banning is undoable, and banning also shows the banned member why they were banned.
Jack banning is not "undoable" there have been plenty of members on here who were banned but got to come back.
Yes, it is. You can un-ban someone.

That's what he said.
He was correcting you because you said that you can't "unban" someone but you can.
No i didnt, see. And a screen shot to prove it:
http://www.ijackonline.com/files/Picture%201.png

[Antares]

Well unless I was on crack last night it didn't say that.
Whatever.

[iJack]

Well unless I was on crack last night it didn't say that.
Whatever.

It did say that. No edits, even ask Kiros to check the MySql for the edit, which there wasnt one.
http://www.ijackonline.com/files/Picture%201.png

[Antares]

Well I was on crack last night.

[Mzor203]

No, John, you just misinterpretted "undoable".

Actually, undoable can mean two different things:

a) Not able to be done, as an adjective

b) As an adverb, "It is undoable" which means it is able to be undone. You don't say "undoneable".

So, happily, you weren't on crack.

[iJack]

b) As an adverb, "It is undoable" which means it is able to be undone. You don't say "undoneable".

So I what I said was right all along?

[Mzor203]

Yes, though I didn't mean to say adverb. They're both adjectives, but it can be looked at two different ways, and you two were thinking of it differently.

[Antares]

Thank you for that clarification because crack is whack!

[Maverick]

Mmmk...

To summarize, our current policy on banned accounts we have no plans on changing.