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I posed this question in the Lounge as a result of Nish's post about getting someone auto-banned.
What are the criteria used to determine if an auto-ban is appropriate? My thought is that anybody could become a victim of auto-banning if eneough users got together to make it happen, say, to Nish, Christian, myself, or even Chris. What safeguards are in place to ensure something like this doesn't happen?
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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I'm pretty sure members can be restored, so if it did happen, it wouldn't be the end of the world. Though, I do wonder if sock puppet accounts could be created by a single person to continually ban a member... that'd be annoying.
I agree, there should be minimum requirements to report other members. Say, a certain reputation level and no history of abuse (e.g., if 20% of votes received are down votes, they are probably an abusive member).
Martin Fowler wrote: Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.
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I was thinking along the lines of a final ban approval by a site admin for users of a certain reputation level where a significant percentage of their rep points were earned in the important categories, such as Authority, Author, Organizer, Editor, and Participant.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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If the profile being reported is Platinum or above in 1 category or Gold or above in 2 categories, then the auto-ban should require admin approval. That should be a fairly decent fix to this problem.
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Only Silver and above members can report members. Those members that are inadvertently closed can be opened easily.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: Only Silver and above members can report members. Those members that are
inadvertently closed can be opened easily.
Don't you have an exception for even site staff? As in if 5 silver members report say you, Smitha or Sean, you'd be auto-removed? [I know it's trivial to bring the profile back, but still allowing that seems weird]
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It's trivial to fix if that scenario happens (or, indeed, if it could happen  ).
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: or, indeed, if it could happen
Is that in invitation to try and disable your account?
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
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cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Better not think about doing it. The hamsters have nukes.
Signature construction in progress. Sorry for the inconvenience
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You're not the 1st person to worry about this. Not sure I am either, but the silver or better requirement was added a short time after I emailed my concerns. I didn't want to post publicly since it might give some of the usual suspects bad ideas if I was right in my suspicions about the lack of protection in place at the time.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
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I suggested the following in my response to John:
If the profile being reported is Platinum or above in 1 category or Gold or above in 2 categories, then the auto-ban should require admin approval. That should be a fairly decent fix to this problem.
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: It's getting hard to find new ones; for now.
Don't panic, there will be others. 
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." (DNA)
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Splatted already.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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I've pinged them all.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Why is "Show member profile popups?" below the signature box instead of above with the rest of the check boxes?
PS I still say that adding a border visible without hovering over would make it much more obvious that the signature text was editable.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
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1. No good reason. I'll change this.
2. Let me experiment. I may have some spare borders out in the shed. Fixed in next rev.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
modified on Monday, July 25, 2011 1:13 PM
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with no posts, how'd you spot all the vermin?
3x12=36
2x12=24
1x12=12
0x12=18
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I'm quite nimble with a mouse, a keyboard and an address bar.........these are all new accounts.
I got bored while studying my OU course on AI and decided to go spam hunting on CP instead....... 
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I'm guessing he used the 'Security Guard on the Front Door technique'. Go to Who's Who and select it so that it displays members by there ID in descending order(New members first), this way you can catch them as they come in.
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