Ban Rappaccini from Open Gov (Please read before voting)

It seems to me that Rappaccini has the inability to put people on ignore and is endlessly complaining and starting Ban threads on other members.

Not to mention that the same political system he uses to get people banned, he mocks by attempting to throw the result in another election;
http://www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?t=35829&page=11&pp=20

One begins to wonder how many other Open Government votes he has thrown when he feels like it.

I think that because he simultaneously uses and abuses the system, he himself should be summarily banned. If not from the entire forum, at least from participating in the Sciforums Open Government.

 

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I think several mods have said that polls should not be public.

 

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Everybody should have the right to propose something in SF Open Government so I voted no. If those votes Rappaccini set up are so controversal, then people would not vote or vote against his proposal.
Just as I voted against your proposal.

 

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It's straight from Prof's mouth. He can check these things.

That said, that's a reason to ban him completely if true... not just from one forum.

 

I also do not see where Rappaccini ever tried to throw a vote, I never wittnessed it. The things Rappa said in the thread you gave as an example are not really connected with anything you accuse him of, at least in my opinion.

 

I'm wondering if you guys read the link

 

The evidence seems to be there. I'm just wondering why he hasn't been banned already.

 

Porfiry himself said in that thread at the bottom of the page that Rapp cheated it.

 

was it because many of the votes came from the same IP adress? I can't vote yes or no without knowing how he threw the vote.

 

Well, I can only assume that Porfiry felt that they were from the same person. And I believe that Rapp admitted that in the Ban PM thread. Infact it's on this page;
http://www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?t=36286&page=9&pp=20

It's about 5 posts from the bottom. He said he did it to get crazymikey all upset. Nice.

It's just too bad that people didn't read the entire thread where Porfiry posted before voting.

 

Rappa or Porfiry never answered the question to my satisfaction. According to the rules, cheating in a vote brings bad consequences. If Porfiry caught Rappa cheating, why didn't he punish him? The only conclusion I came to was that Rappa confessed to Porfiry by PM or some such. Other than that I don't know. But, the right to enact punishment for such an act is entirely on Porfiry. If he decides not to act then so be it.

I did not vote on the second Ban PM thread for the specific reason that this was the second one I had seen since coming to the forum. It should be against the rules to start ban thread after ban thread until you get the result you want.

There should be either a grace period for banning on a personal level (which would never succeed anyway most likely) or all evidence of rule-breaking prior to the close of the last ban thread should not be admissable. A man can only be tried once for a crime.

 

It might be helpful to know that Rappaccini started both of the Ban PM threads.

 

I knew that. But both ban threads were ultimately denied. (or will be shortly)

 

I agree that abusing the system is bad, but Rap's abuses seem to have been transparent, at least to Porfiry in the case of the recent pseudoscience mod vote. I would say that the checks are in place and the balance is right from my perspective.

Rapp will only create his own reputation in the end, be it good or bad. I vote no... besides, you could always use your own ignore list with regard to him.

 

You're right, and I apologize.

I think everyone realizes that was a gag. I didn't even attempt to mask it. All Porf had to do was check the IP's.

Crazymikey was well on his way to an ignominious and ignoble banishment, anyhow.

We'll see about the "entire forum" bit, but I'm afraid that there is probably good reason to toss me out of SFOG.

 

Which involves a lot of bloody manual labour, thanks very much. You also didn't stop after you were warned. There is a temp. ban sitting around here somewhere with your name on it from that incident, but I'm just too damned lazy to find it. It's coming, though. Do the crime, do the time.

 

I did that legwork for you Porf, would you like me to send it to you?

:m: Peace.

 

Yeah... heh...