h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I don't know where I should post this, so here seems as good a place as any.

The other day after browsing some entries, I clicked on the author's space to find that they have been given a lifetime ban from the guide. Including several accounts that had been set up to cause trouble. No problem.

Today while I am looking at the whose online screen, I can see one of the alias' is online. On the user's space it says account closed...

I'm confused

The particular account I am refering to now is U183869

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I also spotted this earlier, and also didn't know where to point it out. See F86513?thread=182329 (I have not succeeded in drawing attention to this yet)

[IMSoP]

Banned people can now be logged on and online, but are unable to make any posts (or create or edit entries). I'm not sure how helpful this distinction is...

how can you get banned?

Is that so? How odd. Is this just to taunt them (and us) do you think?

(to FH):for the reasons in this case, see A717851, but generally speaking it is for repeated and/or major breaches of the <./>HouseRules</.>

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> "From now on, Researchers who are banned will not have their Personal Spaces disappear. Instead their pages will still appear, and they will be able to log in; they just won't be able to create any content."

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> "From now on, Researchers who are banned will not have their Personal Spaces disappear. Instead their pages will still appear, and they will be able to log in; they just won't be able to create any content."

Well done for spotting it. Lucinda is quite right, banned Researchers can log in, they just can't post or create entries.

Fair enough, just made me nervous is all...
*unsubscribes*

was there ever a reason given for this change?

Oh I see.

Thank you for pointing that out to me Lucinda.

Have fun and enjoy!

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Hi Lucinda,

I've spoken to Mark, and he says that it's because it's the easiest technical solution.