swansont Posted July 31, 2016 Author Posted July 31, 2016 Professional Strawman has been banned for being an insufferable troll, and continuing to engage in that activity after repeated warnings. 1
Phi for All Posted August 3, 2016 Posted August 3, 2016 SimonFunnell has been banned for abusive behavior, an overall lack of trust, and his inability to apply science to any of his discussions. Since this is a science discussion forum, it would be wrong of us to hold him back from his other, unquestionably more productive pursuits. 1
hypervalent_iodine Posted August 17, 2016 Posted August 17, 2016 Badstuffhere has been permanently banned for abusive behaviour. 1
swansont Posted September 2, 2016 Author Posted September 2, 2016 randomc has been banned after adding insinuations of creepy stalky behavior to a resumé of abusive and insulting posts. 1
hypervalent_iodine Posted September 18, 2016 Posted September 18, 2016 Tampitump has been suspended for three days for abusive behavior. 1
swansont Posted September 25, 2016 Author Posted September 25, 2016 granpa has been banned for repeated soapboxing (we shouldn't have to beg for links to back up claims, or to find out that the claims are not substantiated, and repeating a claim is not evidence for the claim) and a history of rude behavior. 1
swansont Posted October 4, 2016 Author Posted October 4, 2016 FeynmanPath11 has been banned as a sockpuppet of NolanNeon1 1
swansont Posted October 18, 2016 Author Posted October 18, 2016 Wolfhart has been banned as a sockpuppet of Wolfhart Willimczik 1
Phi for All Posted October 27, 2016 Posted October 27, 2016 Over 9000 has been suspended for 3 days for abusive behavior and thread hijacking, and for refusing requests for clarity. New member hopefully, shaky start, nothing that can't be fixed with a bit more civility and patience. 1
hypervalent_iodine Posted November 2, 2016 Posted November 2, 2016 Over9000 was apparently not done with his holiday, so we've extended it a further 7 days. We hope this time around that he may learn some decorum (and maybe some biology). 6
imatfaal Posted November 3, 2016 Posted November 3, 2016 blue89 has been suspended for abuse of the reporting system and hijacking threads right, left, and centre.
swansont Posted November 4, 2016 Author Posted November 4, 2016 After discussion among the moderating staff, blue89's suspension has been extended to a permanent ban.
Phi for All Posted November 10, 2016 Posted November 10, 2016 Over 9000, bering strait, and meLothedestroyerofworlds have been suspended pending account review. We sure don't mind hearing controversial perspectives as long as they don't break the rules, and all three of these accounts have pushed those rules far past breaking. We'll be reviewing these accounts separately to see if the suspensions will become permanent. Upon staff review, the suspensions have been upgraded to full bans for all three. It's always been our policy to give people the benefit of the doubt when it comes to learning (very sorry it takes so long sometimes), but when it's obvious the learning is secondary to an agenda, we have to draw the line. It's even more important when that agenda is unsavory as racism and discrimination. No place for those in science. 6
swansont Posted November 15, 2016 Author Posted November 15, 2016 zbigniew.modrzejewski has been suspended three days for spamming the forums with multiple threads on the same topic, and hijacking other discussions. The garish use of text highlighting did not help matters.
imatfaal Posted November 18, 2016 Posted November 18, 2016 Dave Davidson has been banned as a sockpuppet of over9000. 2
imatfaal Posted December 21, 2016 Posted December 21, 2016 (edited) The Bobster was suspended pending staff review; following review it has been decided to ban permanently. We have very little tolerance for those who come here with an agenda of hate and division - especially when there is a duplicitous guise of a simple quest for scientific knowledge. The ScienceForums.net will ALWAYS be open for scientific discussion - but we draw the line at allowing bigots to use our good name to mask their vile and false propaganda. edit: sockpuppet of Mikemikev Edited September 19, 2017 by swansont sockpuppet info 3
hypervalent_iodine Posted December 31, 2016 Posted December 31, 2016 Tampitump has been suspended for one year for abusive behaviour. 1
swansont Posted January 7, 2017 Author Posted January 7, 2017 pittsburghjoe has been suspended a week for repeated posting of unsupported pet theories in the main science section, despite repeated direction not to do this. Update: Adding another week for violating the rule on sockpuppetry 2
Phi for All Posted January 10, 2017 Posted January 10, 2017 notpittsburghjoe has been banned as a sockpuppet of pittsburghjoe, who should be using his vacation time more wisely.
swansont Posted January 10, 2017 Author Posted January 10, 2017 tkadm30 has been suspended a week for repeated thread hijacking and spamming nonsense
swansont Posted January 19, 2017 Author Posted January 19, 2017 Conway2 and ronnie33 have been banned as sockpuppets of rstormview
swansont Posted January 22, 2017 Author Posted January 22, 2017 strangelove and giordani bruno have been banned as sockpuppets of farolero edit: add Hipaso to that list
hypervalent_iodine Posted January 24, 2017 Posted January 24, 2017 farolero has now been banned for his far too frequent use of sock puppetry to circumvent the mod queue.
swansont Posted January 27, 2017 Author Posted January 27, 2017 pittsburghjoe has been banned for failing to improve his behavior after suspension: continually failing to support claims (i.e. soapboxing), on top of the sockpuppetry. 1
hypervalent_iodine Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 RiceAWay had been banned for being unable to participate in honest discussion, or any discussion without it being completely off topic. 2
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