I'm back from the dead!

11 years ago

Update: Most of my posts are all back!

I'd like to thank my favorite moderator Paul Myers for conforming that it was most likely human error and he possibly may have a hand in retrieving just about all of my posts.

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Kay King

11 years ago

Welcome back - I wondered if there had been an error. At the time, you were one of the less strident voices in a couple threads so it didn't make sense to me.

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joseph7384

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Kay King

Welcome back - I wondered if there had been an error. At the time, you were one of the less strident voices in a couple threads so it didn't make sense to me.

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I'm assuming you must be talking about the Syrian threads.

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Kay King 11 years ago

You assume correctly.
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Mark Singletary

11 years ago

Welcome back. Post reported for adding red fonts to a quote thereby making it not a real quote.

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Originally Posted by joseph7384

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I'm assuming you must be talking about the Syrian threads.

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joseph7384

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Mark Singletary

Welcome back. Post reported for adding red fonts to a quote thereby making it not a real quote.

Mark

OK, I get it now Mark. No, I'm not going to be curling up like a ball afraid to do anything in fear of a ban, very funny my friend.:p

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Mark Singletary

11 years ago

Well then truly welcome back.

There's nothing worse than feeling you have to tippy toe (spelling??) around or walk on eggshells.

Mark

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OK, I get it now Mark. No, I'm not going to be curling up like a ball afraid to do anything in fear of a ban, very funny my friend.:p

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joseph7384

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Mark Singletary

Well then truly welcome back.

There's nothing worse than feeling you have to tippy toe (spelling??) around or walk on eggshells.

Mark

The sad part of not knowing why I was banned will hamper any actions in being a member moderator as it always has been encouraged to help out in stopping spam, in fear of this happening again the forum will have to do with out any assistance from myself.

That was meant to be sort of a dig, meaning no good deed goes unpunished.

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Mark Singletary

11 years ago

I report my share of junk. I surely hope you weren't banned for reporting something. If you were and it wasn't a simple mistake on the mods part, then I agree with you - I would/will all question my involvement in the whole member moderation thing.

Mark

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That was meant to be sort of a dig, meaning no good deed goes unpunished.

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joseph7384

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Mark Singletary

I report my share of junk. I surely hope you weren't banned for reporting something. If you were and it wasn't a simple mistake on the mods part, then I agree with you - I would/will all question my involvement in the whole member moderation thing.

Mark

I wrote that when I was still unsure the of the reason but Paul has since conformed that it was most likely human error.

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Mark Singletary

11 years ago

Welcome back. Post reported for excessive kissing up to the mods.

Mark

Originally Posted by joseph7384

Update: Most of my posts are all back!

I'd like to thank my favorite moderator Paul Myers for conforming that it was most likely human error and he possibly may have a hand in retrieving just about all of my posts.

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joseph7384 11 years ago

Originally Posted by Kay King

You assume correctly.

Yea, I figured that I would keep on the down low since I don't have all the facts. I'm not quite convinced that it was the regime or on the other hand the rebels, enough said about that because we don't need another thread on the topic.:confused:

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Welcome back. Post reported for being too long.

Mark

Well I couldn't say anything for a couple days so I guess it was stored inside.

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Welcome back. Post reported for excessive kissing up to the mods.

Mark

No kissing up at all, I just relate to Paul because you have to admit that he is an extremely intelligent man and what I like Most about Paul is that he tells it like he sees it.
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Mark Singletary

11 years ago

Welcome back. Post reported for being too long.

Mark

Originally Posted by joseph7384

As some of you may have noticed, I was banned for the last few days!

The ban's lift date was "never"! I had no idea as to what I possibly could have done to deserve this harsh punishment. I opened a ticket to get some insight on this unusual and confusing ban hammer event.

After pleading to Thomas to lift the ban, he did so but I never got a reason for this undertaking decision which led to me getting banned. The only thing that I can think of is that I was a little harsh with someone that I thought was being self serving in his post, or it could have been a cookie stuffer whose post was just under mine and I was accidentally banned in error.

The ban is now lifted but I lost about 1,600 posts as I was only 3 posts from the 2000 mark, but that's not the end of the world and I guess I can live with it but the only thing that's upsetting is that I appear to be a newbie now.

The sad part of not knowing why I was banned will hamper any actions in being a member moderator as it always has been encouraged to help out in stopping spam, in fear of this happening again the forum will have to do with out any assistance from myself.

I do have a question though! Can you delete one of your posts, not edit it but delete the entire post, because I have heard of this happening in the past where you can get your post in hot water for being right by a spammers post and I want to stay clear of any questionable posts by deleting my post if such an occurrence should happen.

Other than that, it's only been two days but it's great to be back to this community where I can chat with my forum friends.

~Joseph

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Welcome back. Didn't know you could get banned for being strident. All I have to say to that is ... d'oh!

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Dennis Gaskill

11 years ago

Originally Posted by joseph7384

I do have a question though! Can you delete one of your posts, not edit it but delete the entire post, because I have heard of this happening in the past where you can get your post in hot water for being right by a spammers post and I want to stay clear of any questionable posts by deleting my post if such an occurrence should happen.

You can unless it's the first post in the thread and someone else has replied to it. To delete a post, click the Edit button, and then click the Go Advanced button. You'll be able to delete it on that screen.

Yeah, accidents do happen. Tina Golden got banned once when she posted right after a post that she reported.

Welcome back, Joseph.

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joseph7384

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill

You can unless it's the first post in the thread and someone else has replied to it. To delete a post, click the Edit button, and then click the Go Advanced button. You'll be able to delete it on that screen.

Yeah, accidents do happen. Tina Golden got banned once when she posted right after a post that she reported.

Welcome back, Joseph.

Thanks Dennis, I knew there must be a way.

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11 years ago

Welcome back fellow warrior.

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HeySal

11 years ago

I was gone all weekend so I missed the whole thing. Guess I didn't miss all that much actually, huh.

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MissTerraK

11 years ago

Aww! I was gone as well and missed that too.

But let me chime in and say I am so glad you are back. I can't imagine trying to sign in and see that I was banned. I'm glad you opened a ticket, I would have been crying so hard, I wouldn't even have thought of that. :p

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joseph7384

11 years ago

Originally Posted by MissTerraK

Aww! I was gone as well and missed that too.

But let me chime in and say I am so glad you are back. I can't imagine trying to sign in and see that I was banned. I'm glad you opened a ticket, I would have been crying so hard, I wouldn't even have thought of that. :p

Terra

The help desk was my only way to get someones attention since every time I would try to log in, it would say "You are banned from the forum, ban lift date never".

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MissTerraK

11 years ago

Originally Posted by joseph7384

The help desk was my only way to get someones attention since every time I would try to log in, it would say "You are banned from the forum, ban lift date never".

So when you're banned and can't log in, you can still contact the help desk?

Pardon my ignorance, but I've never been banned from anything before.

Terra

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Joe Mobley 11 years ago

Originally Posted by MissTerraK

Pardon my ignorance, but I've never been banned from anything before.

Terra

Why Terra, I'm so overcome with NOT Surprise! :rolleyes:

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  Mark,
  
  I surely hope you weren't banned for reporting something.
  
  That doesn't happen unless you're engaged in one of those ridiculous feuds, and are reporting stuff repeatedly out of spite. It's an extremely rare occurrence, and bans for it are almost always temporary.
  
  Even people with extremely low hit rates (almost all their reports are wrong) don't get banned unless there's obvious malice involved. If it's an error of understanding, we'll normally PM them to let them know. If not, we just ignore it and move on. There's no way that everyone in a system like this will view each situation the same way as the mods. Thankfully...
  
  Bans by accident (hitting the right button on the wrong post) are also rare, but those mistakes do happen. I've done it 3 times myself that I recall. They can usually be fixed, though.
  
  As Joseph pointed out, the help desk is available to everyone, even banned members. It's the safety valve for addressing mistakes and technical glitches, among other things.
  
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joseph7384

11 years ago

Originally Posted by MissTerraK

So when you're banned and can't log in, you can still contact the help desk?

Pardon my ignorance, but I've never been banned from anything before.

Terra

I didn't know either but I had to find a way in so that I can get it corrected and to my surprise, I was able to open a ticket.

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MissTerraK

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Paul Myers

As Joseph pointed out, the help desk is available to everyone, even banned members. It's the safety valve for addressing mistakes and technical glitches, among other things.

Paul

Originally Posted by joseph7384

I didn't know either but I had to find a way in so that I can get it corrected and to my surprise, I was able to open a ticket.

Thanks Joseph and Paul.

I'm thinking that is good information to know. One can never have too many safety valves as far as I'm concerned.

Terra

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Paul Myers

11 years ago

Terra,

One can never have too many safety valves as far as I'm concerned.

True. Especially in a system in which human error is possible, and could carry significant consequences for the innocent object of the mistake.

There are lots of parts and aspects of this forum that 99%+ of the members don't know about, because they never need to. Hell, every few months I discover some access I didn't know I had, and there are tools here that even Allen doesn't know about.

The place is much bigger and more complicated than it looks. To anyone.

Paul

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MissTerraK

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Paul Myers

Terra,True. Especially in a system in which human error is possible, and could carry significant consequences for the innocent object of the mistake.

There are lots of parts and aspects of this forum that 99%+ of the members don't know about, because they never need to. Hell, every few months I discover some access I didn't know I had, and there are tools here that even Allen doesn't know about.

The place is much bigger and more complicated than it looks. To anyone.

Paul

Stop making me think that hard, my brain is starting to spin like the twister Joseph's video clip is talking about.

:p

Seriously, I can't even imagine...

Terra

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papuanac1971

11 years ago

Originally Posted by joseph7384

As some of you may have noticed, I was banned for the last few days!

The ban's lift date was "never"! I had no idea as to what I possibly could have done to deserve this harsh punishment. I opened a ticket to get some insight on this unusual and confusing ban hammer event.

After pleading to Thomas to lift the ban, he did so but I never got a reason for this undertaking decision which led to me getting banned. The only thing that I can think of is that I was a little harsh with someone that I thought was being self serving in his post, or it could have been a cookie stuffer whose post was just under mine and I was accidentally banned in error.

The ban is now lifted but I lost about 1,600 posts as I was only 3 posts from the 2000 mark, but that's not the end of the world and I guess I can live with it but the only thing that's upsetting is that I appear to be a newbie now.

The sad part of not knowing why I was banned will hamper any actions in being a member moderator as it always has been encouraged to help out in stopping spam, in fear of this happening again the forum will have to do with out any assistance from myself.

I do have a question though! Can you delete one of your posts, not edit it but delete the entire post, because I have heard of this happening in the past where you can get your post in hot water for being right by a spammers post and I want to stay clear of any questionable posts by deleting my post if such an occurrence should happen.

Other than that, it's only been two days but it's great to be back to this community where I can chat with my forum friends.

~Joseph

Welcome back. Let it go the past, important you are back. It happen to me too but I realize after what was my error so I will never do it again. I was thinking my profile will go forever but I always suspect some miracle will happen and it was.

Once again, welcome back!

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HeySal

11 years ago

I'm back from the dead!

Well, now that we've got it all sussed out. What was it like? Did you see a bright light or past pets and family? Was there a tunnel? Tell us what it's like being dead.

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joseph7384

11 years ago

Originally Posted by HeySal

Well, now that we've got it all sussed out. What was it like? Did you see a bright light or past pets and family? Was there a tunnel? Tell us what it's like being dead.

Well it was a little like this!

The wind began to shake, Oh I'll just let Dorthy explain it for you.