Off-topic (Was: Heartlight, a 90s single-screen Boulder Dash-like by Janusz Pelc)

[amirnatsheh7]

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Hello simperror whats up?

[simperror]

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Hello simperror whats up?
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All good, how are you?

[Holger]

amirnatsheh7, I have told you several times now not to hijack threads with off-topic, one-line comments that are completely unrelated to the thread topic -- this time after quoting a complete, extensive, well thought-out post, without any reason, and without referring to its content in any way.

I have warned you several times, and I have told you what will happen if you do not stop. I have deactivated your account now. It will be activated again after one week.

I have never banned any user in this forum so far, and never deactivated any account here, and I hope it will not be needed again.

[filbo]

> I have deactivated your account now. It will be activated again after one week.

Huzzah!

But -- does this software not have a way to squelch a user (leave their acct active but take away their permission to post, comment, send private messages)? If he can't login at all for a week, he can't read this comment until a week has gone by, making the feedback loop far less direct...

[Holger]

Well, I am sure that this (being an active user, but unable to post) is possible, but I wasn't able to quickly find out how to do it. phpBB is a bit complex when it comes to user permissions, unfortunately. :-/

But even if one cannot login anymore, one can still read everything, like anyone else who is not a registered user. But one won't see threads with new posts highlighted as "new post" anymore, of course.

I will try again to find out if I can make his account active, but unable to post...

Update: Also send him a direct link to this thread by personal mail.

[Holger]

amirnatsheh7, I have re-activated your forum account again. Please use it wisely, and think twice before you post. Thanks!