Rules I place a joke on the forums and get an infraction?

Discussion in 'Support & Feedback' started by 1812, Mar 9, 2011.

  1. #1
    So a guy in another forum I know places a joke.. I found it funny so shared it with you guys.. I get two infractions for this for putting a joke on the forum? a clean one?? Jees... I've met some straight laced forum mods in my time but come on guys.. surely?
     
    1812, Mar 9, 2011 IP
  2. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #2
    It's not possible to get two infractions for a single post. As far as why you may have gotten an infraction, any infraction you get, you also receive a corresponding email. In your case, it looks like your just copy/pasted it from somewhere else. If you told the joke on your own words, it wouldn't be plagiarism, but since you copy/pasted it from somewhere else, it is.
     
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  3. 1812

    1812 Active Member

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    Thank you for your response. It was a friend who told me the joke, I am sure he wouldn't mind me repeating it.. It's not like it's some huge article stolen from online for the purposes of getting people to a website of mine.. it was a 4 liner joke... Seriously does that deserve such an infraction? I don't carry a gun.. I don't mug old ladies.... I just posted a joke that was, in my views, funny... Have you ever told a joke before to a friend that wasn't YOUR joke? Were you sued for telling it? I understand you gotta have rules, but this isn't very encouraging to appear as a friendly place for such punnishment... you not think?
     
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #4
    You can tell a joke, just tell it in your own words. The only issue is that you copy/pasted the content (joke) from somewhere else.

    And yes... if I told a joke that a friend told me, I would tell it in my own words, I wouldn't pull out a recording of him telling it.
     
    digitalpoint, Mar 9, 2011 IP
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    1812 Active Member

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    fair do's.... trousers down, caning over.... will be on my bestest behaviour from now on...
     
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    EGS Notable Member

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    BS. I got an infraction for two posts and was banned until like December or January. I was banned for like 6 months over some BS Bubba Shawn. You do have to get new mods because some of them ARE ridiculous.

    I should be an admin by now. The people already voted me for mod months ago too in a thread I made. I am the shiznit. I also create cool threads like my peeing in a bottle one, do you remember that? That thread was HIGH TRAFFIC. I made this forum basically. :cool:
     
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #7
    Not possible to be banned over 2 posts. The only way an infraction on an individual post can get you banned is if you already had a bunch of infractions and that just happened to be the one that put you over the ban threshold.
     
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    EGS Notable Member

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    Nope. I do not lie. I got an infraction for same post and banned from it. It was BS. You also need to hire a support team. I think it's time to make me an admin. I tried emailing about the issue but was ignored until my ban lifted over 6 months later. >.>
     
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #9
    vBulletin doesn't allow giving an infraction for the same post. Not possible even if we wanted to.
     
    digitalpoint, Mar 9, 2011 IP
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    samantha pia Prominent Member

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    #10
    tell better jokes, make the mods laugh and you are safe.
    tell corney jokes and the mods are saving the other members from bouts of depression when reading crappy jokes. so you get infractions lmao
     
    samantha pia, Mar 10, 2011 IP
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    psharma Prominent Member

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    LOL.. hope you dont get an infraction for this joke..
     
    psharma, Mar 10, 2011 IP
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    parting Well-Known Member

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    #12
    Good luck to you :)
     
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    I see that shawn always talks to the topic. :D
     
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