A couple of suggestions

[Richie]

there should be no such thing as a perm ban.

[Sarah]

there should be no such thing as a perm ban.

That would be (to put it bluntly) stupid Richie. Some people are permanently banned for specific reasons - if we didn't enforce the ban and reversed it then what "lesson" what they be learning? Perm bans will be staying.

[Richie]

That would be (to put it bluntly) stupid Richie. Some people are permanently banned for specific reasons - if we didn't enforce the ban and reversed it then what "lesson" what they be learning? Perm bans will be staying.

The lesson they would get is a long ban? If they continue to break the rules, another ban. Eventually they will get pissed off and get the point.

It was removed from the helpdesk for a reason. Perm bans just make you lose users, ban them for a few months, they'll be careful the second time round, its common sense.

[Nixt]

Why the hell does the forum MANAGER not have authority to remove a bloody captcha :S

I guess the argument is he should, but it is something Jin does not want removed I think - thinking back to when we changed it from approval to captcha, Jin had to be convinced of that. At the end of the day it's up to Jin, innit!

[immense]

dw me and jin are good mates if you want an idea put forward to him just gimme a bell x

[Hecktix]

In regards to bans, a similar system as suggested here by Garion will be used - watch this space