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Well, it finally happened...

Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2002 5:04 am
by Crawler
I had to ban someone from NightScrawlers. Never before in the history of NightScrawlers, including the years at Hostboard as The Nightcrawler Monument, has this happened before.

Some of you may have noticed that on all of Tabitha's posts it says "BANNED" below her name. That should say it all.

If anyone has questions as to why she was banned, don't hesitate to ask them. I think most of us will agree that, one way or another, she deserved to be banned.

I'm sorry that she was such a disruption while she was here and that she was here for so long after she had become a unwanted entity. I gave her more than enough chances to redeem herself and the other mods helped me a lot, both in trying to help Tabitha and in finally coming to the decision to ban her.

It had to happen sometime, and I hope it never has to happen again.

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Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2002 5:27 am
by kladyelf
aww.... *Special fuzzy sympathy Hug* that would be a tough decision.

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Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2002 9:05 pm
by KF
*frown*

I knew that a few people here, sadly myself included, were on edge with Tabitha, but... Alright, Yes. I support the decision, I guess.

Real pity, though.


-KF

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Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2002 9:58 pm
by Ult_Sm86
Crawler, (mods) only good leaders know when a member is out of hand.
THo i must say her telling me I had a CRUSH on her... ;yuk; thank you very little, but on line relatinships and computer sex is just wrong.....(in my book)

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Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2002 10:31 pm
by kurtlover
Crawler, i think you, Jill, Jake, Slarti and the others did an amazing job, i mean i had the oportunity of seeing something about making that descision and i can imagine it wasn't easy specially because you wanted to help her, but i knew it was useless and i can imagine you was frustrated because i tried to help her before and i couldn't do anything *sigh* so i decided to quit, i think she didn't wanted it anyway and she was just messing with us, and i didn't knew she was banned till i saw it in her above her avatar, what a shame but she was the only and one guilty about what happened.
I have to say i'm sorry also because i was mad at her because she pissed me off a lot, but i tried to stay calm, but if i did something wrong i didn't notice please forgive me, and if i made somebody feel bad please forgive me also, i wanted to help but i couldn't and i felt useless at that time but nevermind anyway, now is in the past.

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Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2002 10:38 pm
by Ult_Sm86
I DIDN"T LIKE HER!

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Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2002 6:20 am
by Nightfollower
Whoa whoa wait...when did you ban her? Why did you ban her? Knowing me, i like to get all the goss on stuff like this so I wanna know what she did wrong.

Mmm, i agree bamfman, I didn't like her much either.

I've been warned by Bamfette that I'll get banned if I 'attack' anyone again (for those of you who have seen the argument Lucy and i had in 'in loving memory') Now the reality has settled in that anyone can get banned. I'm scared now....

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Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2002 5:32 pm
by kurtlover
i do remember the argument it was im my poor thread :bawl::bawl::cry:

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Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2002 5:44 pm
by Bamfette
trust me it was not an easy decision... but we were getting complaints, and she was driving some people away. quite frankly we would rather have those people she drove off back over Tabby. they were long term posters who we had all been friends with long before she arrived. when you think that one person can ruin it for 200 others, well then the decision isn't that hard anymore... a lot of it most people would never see, a lot of cleanup done on the part of the mods moving or deleting off-topic posts, u2uing her to stay on topic, etc. abnd ofcourse there was the stuff everyone can see... like calling Dave a senile old man. there are rules here. we warned her, gave her second chances, but nope...

and follower, yer out of danger now, don't fear... we just don't take kindly to people flaming anyone on here. we want a friendly atmosphere, that's what sets us apart form say, newsarama, which is a pit of vipers.

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Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2002 3:19 am
by Crawler
The end decision came when I realized that she would never come clean and never be a poster that we wanted around here. I really wanted to help her, and we certainly gave her more than enough chances to redeem herself.

Essentially, she broke all the rules and never stopped...and I knew that if I didn't ban her, then someone (or a group of people) would take it upon themselves to drive her away. I really didn't want a war here, so I nipped it in the bud.

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Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2002 8:14 am
by Nightfollower
Yay! I'm safe...:D

Wow, that sounds bad. I never really noticed anything like that, the only thing I knew of was the 'senile old man' thing to Dave...that was so mean!

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Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2002 3:48 pm
by Ult_Sm86
I DIDN'T LIKE HER! seriously i was so ashamed she took my comment the wrong way. IT was antagonizing. I lost sleep. I mean she probably is a nicer person in reality, but on the net, anyone can be different. What drove me nuts though was she seriously thought someone across the otherside of the country...LIKED HER! Argh! ...ok...sleep...... :Z (It was a hard decision Crawler and Co. but it was right. )

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Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2002 4:54 pm
by Bamfette
well... it does happen Bamfman... lots of people like people over the net, and yes in 'that way'. but yeah, i could see where her saying you liked her when you dind't could be upseting. calm, remain calm... it's over ;)

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Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2002 12:08 am
by kurtlover
yep its over, poor girl anyway, she has serious problems.

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Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2002 12:09 am
by kurtlover
BTW Jill now i'm Mrs Richards officially, but if nobody paid attention to this reply, that means i can't control my powers :D

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Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2002 7:33 pm
by Crawler
No clue what the Richards thing means, but...

Believe me, this was not a decision I came to lightly. I had A LOT of input from the other mods, coupled with several complaints against her, and a fear of what might happen if she was allowed to stay.

We gave her many, many, many chances...and she never got any better.

I don't want this to scare you all, but I guess in many ways it's a wake up call, both to you and to us. You CAN be banned. I CAN ban you...but are we going to start banning people left and right? Hell no. That's not what we're about.

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Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2002 10:47 pm
by kurtlover
Well i personally know you had a hard time trying to make that descision, and i'm not scared, unless i take over the forum and insert a virus MWA HAHAHAHA! but since i have already know the concept of using the keys crtl+alt+del to restart the frozen comp i dunno (jk) :D

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Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2002 5:57 pm
by Stormwatch
ya, it was a really strange thing.

I think she was given way more than enough chances.

I seriously hope we never have to do it again, and I wish we didn't have to do it in the first place.

I think more than enough people where, irritated with her, to say the least. Probably a very serious understatement. Most people will only talk in private about it, and, well, some just bent towards Tabitha a wee bit too often, and not in a good way.

She was given a lot, and I mean a LOT of chances, and she was talked with a lot in private, and still. *sighs* c'est La vie.

And Ms. Richards, I can See you :shocked: :kiss:

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Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2002 6:02 pm
by ahmed
Originally posted by kurtlover
BTW Jill now i'm Mrs Richards officially, but if nobody paid attention to this reply, that means i can't control my powers :D

:LOL:

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Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2002 12:55 pm
by Harlekein
What happened? I hardly saw any of her posts.

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Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2002 11:13 pm
by Ult_Sm86
well, she made stupid remarks to poor dave, she started me off, she ignored others (Including the mods.) she just couldn't take control. Ya kinda feel bad...but then you remember she was making you feel like a stupid seven year old on the play ground that just cuz they sit next to a girl, r talk to them they like 'em and. and.........ok.... either way, i couldn't have done it. I mean i cn'at tell someone bad news, i can't do it. SO i'm gonna be an ER surgeon. Mmm hmm.

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Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2002 12:55 am
by kurtlover
she stalked me by u2us and telling me her creepy stories and please don't make me start with the bondage sessions at chat!!! :shocked:

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Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2002 4:22 pm
by Crawler
Might I remind you all that she can still read all of this...of course, being honest with her about how much she was annoying the snot out of everyone didn't work when could respond, I doubt it'd matter now...

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Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2002 7:01 pm
by Harlekein
I see, well, I won't condemn her for something I can not judge but what I'm hearing is pretty bad.

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Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2002 1:20 am
by Ult_Sm86
well, she could've been nicer...but what is this about bondage! LOL! and crawlr...couldn't she just get a new alias to the board..a new name? I mean, she can just become someone like Grubber5000 or something, act natrual and then blow her top off!