Asking for a friend

[cytg111]

That has possibly been banned ... are we talking perma banned or?, is there somewhere I could direct the question not in public?

 

[mindless1]

Unless the mod message stated a period of ban, yes it should be permanent. When banned, the friend should still be able to access the site logged in, enough to see the mod message, unless this was a really bad offense or too many points over whatever the time limit period is, enough to block them entirely through account or even IP ban, in which case yeah, that's sure to be a perma-ban.

This subforum has a sticky that states you should post in the Moderator Discussions Subforum, or was that removed at some point in the past? I vaguely recall something something nope it's gone IDK maybe the link to it only works if you're in the doghouse.

Read Before Posting: Should you post in FI or in Moderator Discussions?

1. If your post is related to moderator actions in the public forums then it needs to be made in the Moderator Discussions sub-forum and NOT in PFI. 2. If your post concerns a problem with your account or is a general question about personal accounts, then please post in PFI. 3. If you have...

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