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Hoovooloo has been banned
Hoovooloo has been banned Started conversation Mar 17, 2003
Hoovooloo has been banned from the site.
Hoovooloo has been banned
Queeglesproggit - Keeper of the evil Thingite Avon Lady Army and Mary Poppins's bag of darkness.. Posted Mar 17, 2003
again? Whaddidyoudoman?!
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Hoovooloo has been banned Posted Mar 17, 2003
No, not again. He has never been banned before. Indeed, he has rarely been moderated.
As for what he did, he couldn't tell you even if he were permitted to post here, as the management of h2g2 have not bothered to give him a reason, or indeed enter into any communication at all.
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Queeglesproggit - Keeper of the evil Thingite Avon Lady Army and Mary Poppins's bag of darkness.. Posted Mar 17, 2003
apols, thought he had.
Ho hum 
Q 
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Jordan Posted Mar 17, 2003
It's a wry comment on the management of the site I suspect, Peta. 
- Jordan
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Hoovooloo has been banned Posted Mar 17, 2003
I'm sorry to have to expose management lies, but Hoovooloo has most definitely been banned from posting to the site altogether, and this is NOT a joke.
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Mina Posted Mar 17, 2003
Are we going to have to have this conversation in two threads? I've just checked the account and it's not set to restricted. PLease don't accuse me of lying.
I'll check again to be sure.
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Mikey the Humming Mouse - A3938628 Learn More About the Edited Guide! Posted Mar 17, 2003
Personally, I'd count this as trolling the editors.
As Mina says, HVL hasn't been banned -- if he had been, then he wouldn't be able to post all these annoying messages. If he *had* been banned, they would have closed all of his accounts -- the "hoovooloo has been banned" account is the one that used to be his "squint-see" account, which was also used for nought but trolling.
I assume what he's pouting about is that he's "banned" from posting about the war on Iraq here on h2g2. Haven't we had this debate in one form or another before? When was the other time discussions were shunted over to the "Great Debate" board -- was it during an election? I seem to remember people grumbling at the beginning, but I don't know that it was all that bad. People who wanted to post their thoughts still got to post their thoughts. Just on a different part of the BBC website.
Mikey
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Rho Posted Mar 17, 2003
See <./>F55683?thread=258430&post=3147755#p3147755</.> and <./>F55683?thread=258430&post=3147768#p3147768</.>
There are multiple accounts being used, U189490, U189491 and U189492.
RhoMuNuQ
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Hoovooloo has been banned Posted Mar 17, 2003
"I assume what he's pouting about is that he's "banned" from posting about the war on Iraq here on h2g2."
You assume wrong.
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spook Posted Mar 17, 2003
actually the hoovooloo account is U114627, and on that personal space it says:
This Personal Space Introduction is currently queued for moderation, and will be visible as soon as a member of our Moderation Team has approved it (assuming it doesn't contravene the House Rules). The Researcher who edited it is currently being pre-moderated, so all new Guide Entries they make must be checked before they become visible.
You can find out more about moderation on h2g2 here.
spook
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Hoovooloo has been banned Posted Mar 17, 2003
Also, the HVL account HAS been banned.
If it hadn't, this thread would never have been started.
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Mikey the Humming Mouse - A3938628 Learn More About the Edited Guide! Posted Mar 17, 2003
Having a personal space queued for moderation does not mean someone has been banned. It just means that the info on their personal space has been refered.
Mikey
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Rho Posted Mar 17, 2003
That account, in theory, has been banned. It is certainly on premoderation. The accounts I referred to are all apparently under the control of one person - as demonstrated by the same content on the personal space, same nickname and the consecutive U-numbers.
RhoMuNuQ
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spook Posted Mar 17, 2003
no Mikey. it says the user is under pre-moderation, meaning each posting they make must be looked at by a moderator before people can view it. hence, they are not able to freely post to the site, which is why the account is banned from posting.
spook
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Mu Beta Posted Mar 17, 2003
Ah. It would appear he's been crossing swords with Justin again...
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- 13: Rho (Mar 17, 2003)
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