banned for life or what

[christyf5]

I PMed Demon666 on the lateral line issue.I asked him to watch his language in the thread. Its one thing to have a debate but another to call names and repeatedly swear at another member. It was the choice of the original thread poster to not answer specific questions about his thread and there is nothing we can do to make him answer those questions, it is his choice. Repeated badgering, name calling and swearing is not going to do anyone any good. Through "discussion" with Demon666 via PM and his continued posting in the thread I warned him that he would undergo a 1 week ban. He continued to be rude and disrespectful to me so he was banned for one week, its not like he didn't know it was going to happen. After being banned, he returned under a different username and continued to harass a member and be disrespectful to the canreef staff. Under further review by the site administrator the ban was made permanent. This is not the first time Demon666 has acted inappropriately and undergone a 1 week ban. He has been contacted by the admins via email and he can reply to that email if he so chooses to defend himself or sink himself in further.

Banning is a pretty drastic thing, we don't take it lightly and actions by a member are usually pretty dramatic to warrant a ban. Sometimes we give people a "break" to cool off and think about things. Sometimes people are extremely rude and don't want to calm down after repeated warnings or returning from the one week ban, which is usually when the ban is made permanent. No single moderator bans someone, it is discussed amongst the moderators and a decision is reached.

I do believe we have only permanently banned three people on the board the entire time Canreef has been in exsistence. Demon666 is the third. We give members every opportunity to rectify their actions, they are warned and if they blatantly disregard that warning we give a one week ban. After returning from the 1 week if they continue to act up they are again warned and if they disregard this, the moderators once again review whether they need another vacation or a permanent ban.

I hope this clears things up.