Questions tagged [account-suspension]
User accounts can be temporarily banned ("suspended") by ♦ moderators for violation of the site rules. Use this tag for any questions related to user suspensions. Do not use this tag to appeal a suspension. Read the full tag wiki for information on how to appeal a suspension
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If a user receives an account suspension, are they allowed to post the suspension message from the moderators in the chat? [duplicate]
When a user receives an account suspension, they receive a suspension message from the moderators explaining the suspension reason. Is the suspended user allowed to to post this message in an SE ...
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The "Ask Question" page shows a "question ban" page to suspended users instead of showing that the user is suspended [duplicate]
When I was suspended on MSE, I tried to ask question while being suspended. The page showed:
I think it should show the "You are suspended" page or something like that. Currently this page ...
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New account suspension
I created an account on Super User today.
Subsequently it said, you get 100 bonus reputation points since you are on other networks.
But my reputation points still shows as 1.
On the accounts page it ...
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A room owner can put chat in timeout while being suspended
I got suspended on chat.SE, while being an room owner for the Sandbox.
I tried to put the room in timeout from the menu and it succeeded:
Should this feature be disabled for suspended users (...
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Minimum suspension sentencing and transparency rules
Are there rules or guidance for moderators to help them determine minimal amount of suspension time depending on the offense? Or a rule requiring transparency if the community considers the sentencing ...
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How can a network-wide-suspended account be posting questions and accepting answers?
Please reference this question: Why was Booster 9's 29 engine static fire ended 2.36 seconds early?
The user's profile states that they have a network-wide suspension, yet they posted two ...
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What happened to my account? What am I suspended for? [closed]
Yesterday, when I wanted to log back into my politics.stackexchange account for a long time, everything was the same as with the new registration and all the progress I had there until now is gone. ...
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Are users being suspended for being on strike?
Does Stack Exchange suspend users solely for striking or supporting the strike? Of course, users who are on strike could still be suspended for unrelated activities, or for promoting the strike in ...
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Does a user have the right to not engage in discussion that have been addressed and can lead to heated exchange? [closed]
When a user receives comments that ask for things that have already been clarified in the post or the previous ones, and often in an provocative attitude, does the user have the right to not engage?
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Is there anything wrong that a user prefers upvoting over accepting replies? [closed]
Does a user have their right for preferring upvoting over accepting replies?
Can moderators suspend a user for preferring upvoting over accepting replies?
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Can we please get more information on the "network policy regarding AI Generated content" post?
Meta notes: This was originally posted as an answer in response to What is the network policy regarding AI Generated content?. Some of the requests for more information have been addressed in GPT on ...
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Why do moderators need to delete accounts?
If a user posts spam or breaks the rules enough, moderators may delete their account. They can just recreate their account, but is typically accompanied by a suspension anyway. In this case, why not ...
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What if, hypothetically, ChatGPT became smart enough to create an account?
Would their account be suspended? What exactly would happen? If their account got banned, what would it be for?
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Are there some ways to prevent abuse from moderators? [duplicate]
I don't know why, but I got my account suspended for 1 month for allegedly voting myself, but I don't remember doing that in the last 1.5 years roughly speaking. The only reason I voted for myself ...
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What are the additional paragraphs on the delete profile page that appear for suspended users?
Post on ruSO.meta Не переведена часть текста на странице удаления учётной записи заблокированного участника claims that in case of vising the delete profile page during user suspension there are some ...
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Should users receive an official warning before being banned for an inadequate use of SE? [closed]
I use Math Stack Exchange for several months. Today, I got 666 reps and posted here an inoffensive joke about the Devil's number, which I deleted 10 minutes later. Ok, I shouldn't have done that.
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Can a suspended user use saves?
Is it possible for a suspended user to add new saves? If not, could this be changed?
I would guess that a suspended user is still able to see their saves and search using in:saves - if not, consider ...
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A 7-days suspension without warning [duplicate]
Consider:
I got a 7-day suspension. Is it normal since the music Stack Exchange site policy is first: warn and then suspend?
Let me share the message from the mods:
To briefly sum up: I called a ...
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Is there any way moderators can view the "actual reputation score" of a suspended user, other than from the flags dashboard?
Users who are suspended have their reputation score reduced to 1 for the duration of the suspension. For moderators, sometimes it may be helpful to know the "actual" reputation score of the ...
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Account suspended because college friend offered bounty and upvoted a few of my answers [closed]
I don't know if moderators are actually trying to understand my predicament here, but a few years back I had a friend from college who used to share me the links of his questions to answer questions ...
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How can I request a permanent ban of my own account on all sites?
Can I ask Stack Exchange moderators or employees to ban me permanently on two or three emails, all the emails I have, on every SE site? I mean forever, no coming back unless I start a new email ...
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Suspended users can edit the duplicate list if they have the dupehammer, for a small period after getting suspended
For several hours after being suspended I could press the Edit button on the duplicate banner, enter the duplicate target dialogue, and then add and remove duplicate targets from the duplicate list.
I ...
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Network wide suspension isn't really network wide (For real, this time, most likely)
Unlike what's being reported in User is suspended network-wide, except not really and Account said to be suspended network-wide, but it's not, which are due to moderators manually lifting the ...
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Possible loophole in system found by eccentric user behaviour
Not long ago here on main meta, a user posted a question, a rudimentary one which attracted a downvote almost immediately. Their response was almost as quick; they deleted their account.
Subsequently, ...
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My account has been suspended and I'm not sure how to contact moderators to appeal [duplicate]
I had written "I love spamming" in the answer section of one the questions, but I have deleted it very soon after I had written it. I did it because I was bored and now I realize the mistake....
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How to locate unwritten rules which suspend your account
Fundamentally any punishment is intended to remedy undesirable behavior
Yet when there is no definition of what is desirable or undesirable, punishment crosses the line into abuse as, it is not ...
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Why was a weekend support email sent when a normal user appealed a suspension using the contact form on Sunday?
I appealed my suspension on 27 February 2022, 02:20 PM (Indian Standard Time) using the contact form. Immediately, I received two emails from Stack Exchange. One was an automatic email regarding a ...
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Let the user access their flag history when they are suspended
When a user is suspended, it is not possible for them to access their flag history. I do not understand why it is like this. Simply restricting the flag history access makes no sense in my opinion.
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Blue reputation marker on profile sidebar doesn't go back to original reputation when suspension ends
My suspension on Stack Overflow recently ended, but the blue reputation marker on the sidebar of my profile settings is still negative as though my reputation were still 1:
This is clearly a bug, ...
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Could we have longer automatic suspensions for destroyed profiles, and better communication with these users?
Currently, when a user is destroyed for spamming or deleted as no longer welcome to participate, there's a short 14-day automatic suspension meant to keep them from using a newly-created profile with ...
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Getting information on why I was suspended after asking a question
I've been suspended on Super User after asking a question and also answering one.
I'm wondering whether there is another way to find out why I was suspended and why my question and answers were ...
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Mod messages say they are confidential between the user and local moderators, but staff with moderator rights can see them - can the wording be fixed?
I've just been informed by a user who received mod messages that they start with some explanatory text that looks like this:
What is this?
It is a private, confidential communication mechanism ...
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Suspended users' badge counts show up in edit histories
The user card for a suspended user in an edit history page (a page with a URL like site.stackexchange.com/posts/12345/revisions) shows the badge counts for the suspended user, along with 1 reputation. ...
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Does suspension result in automatic loss of moderator privileges?
It's long been policy that users may not stand for election as a moderator if they have been suspended anywhere on the network during the previous twelve months. If someone with a recent suspension is ...
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Is it safe to keep the reasons for user suspensions confidential?
I've become concerned for one particular user who's extensive content I really value on SE.
Some time ago this user began to complain of "arbitrary" and "unfair" moderator ...
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Is flagging too many posts to add the citation banner grounds for suspension? [closed]
This question arises from my personal experience -
Suppose I have a per day flag limit of 90 flags, and I have been incessantly working hard on hunting out bad content across the main site to flag low ...
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Shouldn't users who are unfairly banned be compensated somehow?
Problem Scenario
User gets banned on a site for a week for the first time.
User responds to the moderator message appealing the ban.
Seeing no response from the mods, user writes to SE staff using ...
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What determines if a user is suspended based on content in the user profile?
Recently, it came to my attention that another user was suspended for a Code of Conduct violation for language used within the "about me" section of their profile.
Now there used to be some ...
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Unsuspend link on meta is broken
There is a broken markdown link when you click the "Mod" link on a suspended user's meta profile:
In case it's relevant, the link in the broken part has dashes in it (that is, the username ...
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Please can room owners and moderators be given more tools to help prevent spam from suspended users?
Over in The Nineteenth Byte, we've recently been experiencing a slightly disruptive form of spamming from suspended users. The user repeatedly joins and leaves the room, often multiple times a minute, ...
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Can one get banned without breaking the Code of Conduct?
Note: While this question is based on my experience, I intend this question to be general and useful.
I am not going into specific details, since I intend the question to be as general as possible. I ...
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When a suspended user clicks on "follow" on a question, it says "Following" even though suspended user cannot follow questions
Example:
This was originally closed as a duplicate of a different bug report reporting that suspended users cannot follow posts, as it was believed that that was the issue and this would be made ...
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"Page not found" when clicking on "edit profile" when suspended [duplicate]
Example on https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/18147/franck-dernoncourt:
No problem on other SE websites where I am not suspended.
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How can I view the links in the profile description of a user without the required 10 reputation?
When a user gets suspended, their reputation drops to 1, which means that the links in their profile description can't be viewed by the readers. Example:
profile description before account ...
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Don't put a check mark near "ask a question or contribute an answer" on the list of privileges for suspended users
A suspended user sees the following on /help/privileges:
I find the next to "create posts" misleading since suspended users cannot create posts.
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When a suspended user tries to ask a question, the screen looks the exact same as an automatic question ban
When an account has been manually suspended by a moderator and the user is trying to post a question via /questions/ask, it says:
You have reached your question limit. Sorry, we are no longer ...
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How many moderators are required to issue an account suspension?
E.g., can one moderator alone suspend a user account, or are at least 2, 3, etc. moderators required to issue an account suspension?
I read My account has been temporarily suspended; what does that ...
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No plural forms for suspension message
I found the message in traducir that definitely needs plural forms for "daysToken" variable:
Your account has been temporarily suspended for $daysToken$ days. While you’re suspended, your ...
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What should one do when they have been accused wrongly of using sockpuppets, and can the deleted accounts be recovered?
On the "A Day In The Penalty Box" post's comment section, someone posted,
If your account has been suspended, do you lose the opportunity of becoming a moderator? My brother has an Arqade ...
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Can I hit on someone? [closed]
I know you must think I am very weird, but I once met a user I liked on Stack Overflow that answered one of my questions. If I asked them for their number (through the comments), would I get banned or ...
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