Shane Warne/BingLeeElectric etc.

[Richard]

I know the last thread about this was closed, and I know I'm perhaps not currently in the best position to talk about how to improve CC but...

I can't be the only one who's getting utterly sick and tired of the constant Shane_Warne\BingLeeElectric aegae? I'm right in thinking that James is the only one who can actually push the BAN button, yes? And it's blatantly obvious that no sooner (perhaps even before in some cases) is one account banned then the next one pops-up. It's never taken long for us to spot his latest account, yet sometimes it takes days, even weeks, for the account to be banned, and in the meantime we have to put-up with all that utter rubbish. Given that James needs to work, eat, sleep and generally have a life, would it not be an idea, for as long as this goes on, for other Mods to be able to ban an account (given that it's rare for more than a couple of hours to go by without one being online)?

Is that feasible or even possible so far as vBulletin is concerned?

Just a suggestion... as it's presumably completely impossible to stop him registering new accounts, and by now it seems the realisation that he's not welcome here is no barrier.

 

[Prince EWS]

possible so far as vBulletin is concerned?

That much I can answer.
Yes.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Rich Twyman also has the ability to ban. Neil had it for a little while.

Basically, we can't use an IP ban because the IP continues to change. We've been keeping track roughly of whom we think his latest form is in the Moderator's forum. We'll continue to try and monitor it, but at times you can only do so much.

EDIT: changed the thread to make sure everyone knows what we're on about.

 

[Johnners]

is there no way of banning his IP range?

 

[Prince EWS]

Rich Twyman also has the ability to ban. Neil had it for a little while.

Basically, we can't use an IP ban because the IP continues to change. We've been keeping track roughly of whom we think his latest form is in the Moderator's forum. We'll continue to try and monitor it, but at times you can only do so much.

EDIT: changed the thread to make sure everyone knows what we're on about.

There is actually a way of banning his computer if you install a downloadable vBulletin add-on...

 

[vic_orthdox]

is there no way of banning his IP range?

Basically, we can't use an IP ban because the IP continues to change.

It's not always just the last few numbers changing. It has been that at times. But other times it's been a completely different numerical combination.

 

[Richard]

EDIT: changed the thread to make sure everyone knows what we're on about.

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[Johnners]

It's not always just the last few numbers changing. It has been that at times. But other times it's been a completely different numerical combination.

interesting....

I suppose those occurences of it being a completely different numerical combination could be put down to him being in a different place of residence (eg. At work, friends place, if he has friends, and a job of course)

 

[archie mac]

Where does he post? I can't ever remember having a problem with him

 

[AussieDominance]

I don't think it is a good idea as it results in the problem of a Moderator banning people on things that James/Rich would let go. Leaving it to the head of the site creates less hassle and creates a feeling of where the boundaries are.

 

[marc71178]

There is actually a way of banning his computer if you install a downloadable vBulletin add-on...

Can you link it so that it can be downloaded then?

Would this be the equivalent of someone eating his computer?

 

[Prince EWS]

Can you link it so that it can be downloaded then?

Would this be the equivalent of someone eating his computer?

It works on cookies - it saves a cookie to the person's computer when they log in under an account, and you can have any further accounts made from anyone with that cookie on their computer automatically banned, which wouldn't be reliant on IPs.

Of course, he'd probably figure it out and delete his cookies before creating a new account - especially given I've just posted this here and he's sure to read it!

I'll try to find the link for you. There's a version which simply emails the admins if someone logs onto two accounts with one computer - which is more common and more sneaky - but there's a variation of it which does the above which I came across once.

 

[Rich2001]

is there no way of banning his IP range?

It's not always just the last few numbers changing. It has been that at times. But other times it's been a completely different numerical combination.

interesting....

I suppose those occurences of it being a completely different numerical combination could be put down to him being in a different place of residence (eg. At work, friends place, if he has friends, and a job of course)

It could be something to do with using different comps - but the common reason is Dial Up connections. If your on Dial Up your going through a ISP server and then your asigned an IP for that connection, the chances are your never get the same IP twice. We could ban the IP range but then anyone else who has that ISP provider would also get banned as a result, and we don't want that

 

[GIMH]

There should be some forum police we could report him to

 

[Richard]

Would this be the equivalent of someone eating his computer?

I'd almost be happy to if it got rid of him!

 

[Neil Pickup]

The problem is anonymising proxy servers.

 

[Prince EWS]

The problem is anonymising proxy servers.

Don't they tend to come up with the same IP every time though? Couldn't you just ban each proxy server?

 

[Richard]

And to add to this... can someone do an IP-check on this chappie and compare it to the alexkumars of this World... for this reason, in case anyone's wondering...

 

[Prince EWS]

And to add to this... can someone do an IP-check on this chappie and compare it to the alexkumars of this World... for this reason, in case anyone's wondering...

Although I was first to notice that post, I looked over his other posts and I'm pretty sure he isn't Alex, unless he is deliberately posting significantly differently (in which case he doesn't seem to be a problem at the moment anyway).

 

[Richard]

Well - no, but surely alexkumar was banned enough times to never be allowed back?

Seriously - have you ever seen anyone else make the utterly ridiculous assertion that beef-eating will invariably make you stronger? I sure haven't, certainly not on here. Especially about Indians?

I agree none of his other posts (though he has of times been anti-Tendulkar, even if the C word has never quite come-up) show anything obvious, but still - an IP check (and you never know, hopefully he might respond to the bait I laid in said thread) can't do any harm.