banning people for nothing at canon rumors
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And there you have a point of contention - Microsoft concluded that American English is the defacto - and all other versions are 'International English' - where as UK English is the defacto (the clue is in the namepaul13walnut5 said:neuroanatomist said:paul13walnut5 said:
Us North Americans find your uncivilized spelling of that word to be bollocks.
Keep calm and carry on...
Do you mean 'We' North Americans? Don't bastardize the language we gave you.
) and all other forms are derivatives - hence US English, Australian English, Jamaican English and so on.And then, just to add to the debate - you then have, as subsets of UK English, Scouse, Gordie, Brum, West Country, Cockney to name but a few. And they all vary as much as foreign languages - which only goes to re-enforce my earlier statement that some of the comments may have got mixed up in translation - as per this ad...
http://uk.ask.com/youtube?q=berlitz+coastguard+advert&v=VSdxqIBfEAw&qsrc=472
yes, humorous - but it makes the point better than anything else i can think of ;D
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With the exception of spammers, we do not ban members unless there is a long history of rude posts, complaints from members, warnings, and usually temporary bans.
I have tried to find any reason for the ban Crasher8 refers to, and could only surmise that it was done in error at a time when there were a ton of spammers and I or someone else did it by accident. I tried to get old posts back, but couldn't.
The admins are pretty forgiving, if a banned member were to contact the Admins and discuss the issues and make a commitment to follow the rules, we would likely give yet another chance. That has happened. Some chose to burn their bridges by sending a bunch of name calling e-mails, which only serves to assure us that we made a correct decision.
It does not help his cause to have someone posting a one sided view on his behalf, it does not tell the whole story, and its not the place to discuss specifics about a member in any event.
A very good way to get a quick warning or a ban is by insulting members or CR administrators in a public post. I try to remove insulting posts that directly call someone a name, but obviously we do not read every post and rely on members to report serious issues.
There are a lot of borderline cases, and its very disappointing to see a long time member making subtle comments that goad another member into posting something offensive.
The thing to do is to flag the comment as offensive, and let the moderators decide if it should be removed, and possibly a warning issues. Firing back with a even more inappropriate comment does not work.
I have tried to find any reason for the ban Crasher8 refers to, and could only surmise that it was done in error at a time when there were a ton of spammers and I or someone else did it by accident. I tried to get old posts back, but couldn't.
The admins are pretty forgiving, if a banned member were to contact the Admins and discuss the issues and make a commitment to follow the rules, we would likely give yet another chance. That has happened. Some chose to burn their bridges by sending a bunch of name calling e-mails, which only serves to assure us that we made a correct decision.
It does not help his cause to have someone posting a one sided view on his behalf, it does not tell the whole story, and its not the place to discuss specifics about a member in any event.
A very good way to get a quick warning or a ban is by insulting members or CR administrators in a public post. I try to remove insulting posts that directly call someone a name, but obviously we do not read every post and rely on members to report serious issues.
There are a lot of borderline cases, and its very disappointing to see a long time member making subtle comments that goad another member into posting something offensive.
The thing to do is to flag the comment as offensive, and let the moderators decide if it should be removed, and possibly a warning issues. Firing back with a even more inappropriate comment does not work.
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In Aus we tend to keep traditions alive, all our Squirrels are kept the same way as we Aussies were once kept, it's payback, we cant jail the whole UK and it was them that sent these little Nutters down here in the first place.
This way their Nuts don't become an issue as they are kept behind Bars along with Criminal Squirrel.
And we don't speak International English, nor do we speak Australian English, we speak........Australian.
This way their Nuts don't become an issue as they are kept behind Bars along with Criminal Squirrel.
And we don't speak International English, nor do we speak Australian English, we speak........Australian.
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CR Backup Admin said:
I think I'm Guilty of this, nothing else mind, but "subtlety" is a fine art, not many are good at it.
In any case I think CR Admin does a reasonable job in difficult conditions.
Unless you Ban me for my Aussie Jokes and flagrant "poor taste" Images of Squirrels, in which case PaulWalnet should join me, because his Squirrel Images are much more....flagrant.
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eml58 said:
We are all imperfect. we admins also do not "WANT" to ban or warn members, and only do so reluctantly, often after discussing it among ourselves.
The situation I was referring to about goading members refers to those who continually push another member who has perhaps a short fuse into posting something improper that he might not have posted otherwise. Sometimes more than one jump in to pile on the snide comments.
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On second thoughts I think the Squirrel should be banned, not paulWalnut ... it was the rude Squirrel who was flashing his junk in public, taking advantage of (and deceiving us all with) his innocent look ... paulWalnut was only doing public service (almost like a good reporter would) by informing us of such rude creatures existing amongst us highly civilized folk ;Deml58 said:
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Having seen the images of squirrels being severely bullied by birds of prey in previous months I think it's more likely the squirrels will ban CR.
;D
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CR Backup Admin said:
the question is, was it the case?
or was it a just a sensible MOD who don´t like to be corrected and thinks he is always right?
i don´t know!
i don´t know why he was banned but from what was presented to me.. it looks that way.
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eml58 said:
Na, that looks more like a kilt of the McWalnut clan's tartan.
It'll be paulwalnut done that.
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hamada said:
You quoted an admin above - did you read what you quoted, particularly the highlighted text?
As for what was presented to you, you seem to be listening to only one side of the story. Sure, you can look over his posts and see no issues - that's most likely because his insulting posts were deleted after they brought to the moderators' attention.
Maybe you missed the other comments in this thread that seem to present a small part of the other side of the story (e.g., "Now that you mention it canon-f1 had insulted me too."). Regardless, the key point is:
its not the place to discuss specifics about a member
You've asked the question, you've been answered by the site owner and another admin. I would suggest that now might be a good time to let the issue drop. Unless, of course, you have another reason for pushing this issue. For example, if you know Canon-F1 in the same way that Mikael Residal knows ankorwatt - i.e., you see him every time you look into a mirror. I suppose the mods could deduce that from the IP addresses used, most forum software has the capability to show members that are likely to be the same person.
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Clan Tartans are a victorian myth, an invention of English (spit) sloan rangers, as smart as a bonnie prince charlie or argyle rig out looks, and as much as Scots, adopted and ancestral have adopted the pleated kilt, it's about as Scottish as Ronald McDonalds.
My great grandfather mcwalnuts would turn in their grave if they thought I went along with the Tartan pretence!
My great grandfather mcwalnuts would turn in their grave if they thought I went along with the Tartan pretence!
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Apologies for misspelling your last name, Mikael.
Bad things can be said about Canon here, the problem is when flame wars are started by individuals who post the same thing in nearly every thread they visit, even if that thread has absolutely nothing at all to do with that issue. Like this one.
Wait, you mean Canon sensors have less DR than Nikon's?!?!? That's news to me. Don't just sit on a revelation like that, man...you should tell someone!! :
Bad things can be said about Canon here, the problem is when flame wars are started by individuals who post the same thing in nearly every thread they visit, even if that thread has absolutely nothing at all to do with that issue. Like this one.
Wait, you mean Canon sensors have less DR than Nikon's?!?!? That's news to me. Don't just sit on a revelation like that, man...you should tell someone!! :
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