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Offline captain

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What happened to member forums? PRIVATE - KEEP OUT!
« on: Tue, 03 April 2012, 18:53:25 »
Up until today I had access to the subfora under "member forums", now they are all removed and replaced with a great big KEEP OUT sign, reading

"member forums
interact with veteran members in their forums (ACCESS GRANTED BY REQUEST ONLY!!)
Private
"

WTF?  Have I been banned???  As far as I know, I have never done anything to warrant being banned from ANY level of geekhack.  It is disturbing to suddenly be shut out of heretofore open fora without any explanation.  I checked under Site Announcements, and see nothing there either.  Strange, and disturbing.  Does anyone know what is up?  Is this affecting everyone, or am I one of a lucky few?  :-P
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Offline Changdrew

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« Reply #1 on: Tue, 03 April 2012, 18:54:18 »
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Offline captain

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« Reply #2 on: Tue, 03 April 2012, 21:51:52 »
Ah!  Thanks Changdrew!  (Hey, did you get any of those keycaps I wanted from taobao?)

I wrote this up for a tangential thread to this one that got locked while I was typing, so I figured I'd put it here, as much to remind myself as anything.

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Ah ha!  I hadn't noticed that KL got banned too.  Good riddance!  (For a while anyway.)  He had started attacking me and slandering (or should that be libel?) my name around the forum, after brother ripster was banned.  BR was banned ostensibly for "threadcrapping" in KL's usurious ClickClack Sale thread (and perhaps other wonky April Fool's Day idiocy).  No one but BR and KL and iMav know for sure, I would assume.  

Let's just hope that they are allowed back in a few days/weeks, and that they can behave themselves when they return.  I'll miss ripster, at least, if they are permanently banned.  

He got me up to speed on mechanical keyboards after a long hiatus from them, and helped me understand, after never really knowing, why some of my old keyboards were so much better than all those I've had relatively recently.  He could be a little abrasive, but it was always in the name of getting the data right, or staying on track - so, I was not really offended by him.  I also enjoyed his Fonts research and Word of the Day threads.  

KL never welcomed me, nor provided anything other than his own web site, which never really helped.  So, aside from his personal libeling of me, and his constant trolling of ripster, I don't know much about him.
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Offline audioave10

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« Reply #3 on: Tue, 03 April 2012, 21:57:32 »
Yes...thanks Changdrew...I wondered what I had done wrong.
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Offline Stevie Wonder

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« Reply #4 on: Fri, 06 April 2012, 14:08:53 »
Sheeeeeeeeeeeeettttttttttttttttttttt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!

I'm IN!
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Offline Soarer

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« Reply #5 on: Mon, 09 April 2012, 07:42:14 »
Quote from: ripster;571380
The main page is wrong.

It says restricted access but even if I log out I can get in and see DangWang's illegal activities.

Maybe it should say "Warning Illegal Activities Subforums"?  

Anyhoo Forum Moderators please fix ASAP.

I agree!
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Offline Soarer

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« Reply #6 on: Mon, 09 April 2012, 07:43:27 »
Quote from: ripster;571380
The main page is wrong.

It says restricted access but even if I log out I can get in and see DangWang's illegal activities.

Maybe it should say "Warning Illegal Activities Subforums"?  

Anyhoo Forum Moderators please fix ASAP.

I agree!

They should be blocked when logged out.
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Offline Soarer

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« Reply #7 on: Mon, 09 April 2012, 07:45:54 »
Had you worried!

(Dunno what happened with that post, I DEFINITELY edited the previous one rather than double posting).
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Offline DanGWanG

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« Reply #8 on: Mon, 09 April 2012, 20:35:06 »
Illegal in real life.  E-legal online!
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Offline Input Nirvana

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« Reply #9 on: Mon, 09 April 2012, 21:35:23 »
I'm not certain I understand. What is it that is specifically illegal in Dangwangs subforum?
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