A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
I'm split. On a personal level, I had no problem with mieskie under any login, and would love to see him again, especially if he quit agitating for a Normal Again ending for Buffy.
But on a board protocol level? Bad, bad idea. Yes, we muffed his banning, largely because it was a new process. I don't think that means we should set aside the will of (most) Buffistas aside. Plus, it sets a precendent that would mean we would have to let anyone else who was banned back in as long as they acted really, really sorry. And I don't want to do that.
I recuse myself from this. I just don't care.
If you violate the terms of a suspension, you get banned. Period. End of story. A person who actually cares about this community would not violate the suspension.
Suddenly I feel like a battered spouse: "But he's so great a lot of the time! And he didn't really mean it. And it's my fault, really -- if only I had done things differently, it wouldn't have happened...." Fuck that. I'm sorry, but really.
And he chose to take a voluntary suspension to prevent a kerfuffle, so that he could "do the time" and come back without rancor.
This, incidentally, was not my understanding. My understanding was that he volunteered to leave, period, so as to avoid more unpleasantness. I was never under the impression that he was serving out a voluntary suspension.
And what Jesse said.
I can not believe that this is coming up again.
Also, Wolfram I think your timing is really bad, we haven't finished dealing with the current issue at hand, which is currently frustrating a lot of people.
Wolfram, with all due respect to you--Anathama/Schmoker/Mieskie are all the same person. If one breaks the rules of the suspension--it doesn't leave any leeway for alternate posting personalities.
This is all I'm going to say on the matter. I think the banning should stand and I don't want to see this place implode because of this.
cereal to add: WROD to the bad timing of this suggestion.
Also, Wolfram I think your timing is really bad, we haven't finished dealing with the current issue at hand, which is currently frustrating a lot of people.
My timing sucks but I didn't pick it. I didn't want to bring this up. But the suspension was over a couple of days ago, and the account was not reinstated. Maybe I understood the situation wrong, maybe I didn't. But, we all are here posting and there's a former member who's not and in my opinion has done the time. I thought he was on a suspension.
And Jesse, let's not compare this to battered spouse syndrome. Please.