Those Little Stars Under People\'s Names
 

I had thought that they were markers for a "three strikes, you're out" approach to banning people. But then I saw three stars below somebody's name today. Is he now banned, or am I missing something?

(Please forgive an infrequent OOTer his ignorance.)

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Careful...posts like this might earn you a star from the powers that be... [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Seriously though, whats up w/the stars?

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I think the bigger issue is knowing how to change our user names. I mean, you'd think they would have a temporary sticky or something for that. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

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someone should sticky a thread explaining stars or link it in an faq or something

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someone should sticky a thread explaining stars or link it in an faq or something

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yeah i will

if you get three of them, you are banned

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someone should sticky a thread explaining stars or link it in an faq or something

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yeah i will

if you get three of them, you are banned

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From OOT, or from 2+2? I thought I saw people with 3 stars making new posts in other forums.

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i ban people entirely. there's no 'ban from oot' option.

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you don't do the 'voluntary exile from OOT as long as you stick to other forums only' thing?

Didn't know that.

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only in exceptional circumstances where somebody has a clear and welcome presence in other forums, but seriously sucks at oot. i think i've done it once.

i consider how long a person has been a member, how many posts they have, and most importantly look at their previous posts to help determine what's appropriate.

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only in exceptional circumstances where somebody has a clear and welcome presence in other forums, but seriously sucks at oot. i think i've done it once.

i consider how long a person has been a member, how many posts they have, and most importantly look at their previous posts to help determine what's appropriate.

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This guy?