Smiley Thread Bandwagon - Revision history

Hinoa at 13:45, 12 November 2006

Hinoa — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 13:45:27 GMT

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	The Smiley Thread Bandwagon was a bandwagon with Smilies as a topic name. Effectively half of RR was [[sanctioned]] because of this.		The Smiley Thread Bandwagon was a bandwagon with Smilies as a topic name. Effectively half of RR was [[sanctioned]] because of this.
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		+	==The Crisis==
		+	The Smiley bandwagon of '06 is widely considered to be the most influential incident of RR's recent history. Some RRians felt it would be most humorous to create a series of threads headed with nothing but chat text smileys. This created mass confusion and chaos amongst the other residents. Many celebrated in their rebellion and gallivanted about in their own smiley faced domains declaring their free will and rebellious spirit, Others feared for their safety and Johnsons. Soon after, the smackdown commenced.
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		+	==The Smackdown==
		+	The mods of RR responded with mass sanctioning and a couple dozen postcount --'s to boot. The forum admin, [[Aelfrhian]], called the majority of RRers "pathetic children" and was totally pissed that her mods apparently have to babysit RR all the damn time. The citizens of RR recovered quickly and have so far stayed within the guidelines put down by their mods and admins.Many consider Aelf's actions in this case to be a rather extreme punishment for the actions that prompted it. Some believe the harsh measures were taken because Sauceror was going on vacation, and therefore the "troublemakers" of RR were banned in order to keep things quiet while she was gone. It should be noted that this is just a crackpot theory.
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		+	===Attempts to Evade Sanctioning===
		+	One or two posters who had participated in the bandwagon craftily changed the title and content of their threads before the mods came, a tactic which had served them well in past bandwagons. One of these posters was [[User:Janus\|Lord Janus]], who was actually not banned for participating in the bandwagon, but for "13+ spam posts" that now only exist in one of two places; Aelf's mind, or the trash forum. Both are equally likely, but neither can be proved. The leason to be learned here is that even if you cover your tracks, you can still get tossed in the cooler for a week if you make a few posts in a thread with [[Mr. Woe]] as it's title.


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	*[[Kazer]]		*[[Kazer]]
	*[[Cantryboy]]		*[[Cantryboy]]
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-	~~==The Crisis==~~
-	The Smiley bandwagon of '06 is widely considered to be the most influential incident of RR's recent history. Some RRians felt it would be most humorous to create a series of threads headed with nothing but chat text smileys. This created mass confusion and chaos amongst the other residents. Many celebrated in their rebellion and gallivanted about in their own smiley faced domains declaring their free will and rebellious spirit, Others feared for their safety and Johnsons. Soon after, the smackdown commenced.
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-	~~==The Smackdown==~~
-	The mods of RR responded with mass sanctioning and a couple dozen postcount --'s to boot. The forum admin, [[Aelfrhian]], called the majority of RRers "pathetic children" and was totally pissed that her mods apparently have to babysit RR all the damn time. The citizens of RR recovered quickly and have so far stayed within the guidelines put down by their mods and admins.Many consider Aelf's actions in this case to be a rather extreme punishment for the actions that prompted it. Some believe the harsh measures were taken because Sauceror was going on vacation, and therefore the "troublemakers" of RR were banned in order to keep things quiet while she was gone. It should be noted that this is just a crackpot theory.
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-	~~===Attempts to Evade Sanctioning===~~
-	One or two posters who had participated in the bandwagon craftily changed the title and content of their threads before the mods came, a tactic which had served them well in past bandwagons. One of these posters was [[User:Janus\|Lord Janus]], who was actually not banned for participating in the bandwagon, but for "13+ spam posts" that now only exist in one of two places; Aelf's mind, or the trash forum. Both are equally likely, but neither can be proved. The leason to be learned here is that even if you cover your tracks, you can still get tossed in the cooler for a week if you make a few posts in a thread with [[Mr. Woe]] as it's title.

Janus at 05:22, 31 October 2006

Janus — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 05:22:09 GMT

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	===Short Sanction (7-10 days)===		===Short Sanction (7-10 days)===
-	*[[Ratclaw]]	+	*[[Ratclaw\|Ratclaw]]
-	*[[lordjanus]]	+	*[[User:Janus\|lordjanus]]
	*[[Strong Bad's Fan]]		*[[Strong Bad's Fan]]
	*[[thekillerfroggy?]]		*[[thekillerfroggy?]]

Ratbert at 05:13, 31 October 2006

Ratbert — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 05:13:03 GMT

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	==The Victims==		==The Victims==
	===Long Sanction (~2 wks)===		===Long Sanction (~2 wks)===
-	*Smacktard	+	*[[Smacktard]]
-	*ratbert	+	*[[ratbert]]
-	*Barnacle_Ed	+	*[[Barnacle_Ed]]
-	*I_eat_trees	+	*[[I_eat_trees]]
-	*SPNirology	+	*[[SPNirology]]
-	*Zerofive1	+	*[[Zerofive1]]
-	*magesx	+	*[[magesx]]
-	*birdofprey161	+	*[[birdofprey161]]
-	*Shunyata	+	*[[Shunyata]]

	===Short Sanction (7-10 days)===		===Short Sanction (7-10 days)===
-	*Ratclaw	+	*[[Ratclaw]]
-	*lordjanus	+	*[[lordjanus]]
-	*Strong Bad's Fan	+	*[[Strong Bad's Fan]]
-	*thekillerfroggy?	+	*[[thekillerfroggy?]]
-	*Kazer	+	*[[Kazer]]
-	*Cantryboy	+	*[[Cantryboy]]

	==The Crisis==		==The Crisis==

Janus at 23:05, 30 October 2006

Janus — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 23:05:46 GMT

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	==The Smackdown==		==The Smackdown==
-	The mods of RR responded with mass sanctioning and a couple dozen postcount --'s to boot. The forum admin, [[Aelfrhian]], called the majority of RRers "pathetic children" and was totally pissed that her mods apparently have to babysit RR all the damn time. The citizens of RR recovered quickly and have so far stayed within the guidelines put down by their mods and admins.Many consider Aelf's actions in this case to be a rather extreme punishment for the actions that prompted it. Some believe the harsh measures were taken because Sauceror was going on vacation, and therefore the "troublemakers" of RR were banned in order to keep things quiet while she was gone.	+	The mods of RR responded with mass sanctioning and a couple dozen postcount --'s to boot. The forum admin, [[Aelfrhian]], called the majority of RRers "pathetic children" and was totally pissed that her mods apparently have to babysit RR all the damn time. The citizens of RR recovered quickly and have so far stayed within the guidelines put down by their mods and admins.Many consider Aelf's actions in this case to be a rather extreme punishment for the actions that prompted it. Some believe the harsh measures were taken because Sauceror was going on vacation, and therefore the "troublemakers" of RR were banned in order to keep things quiet while she was gone. It should be noted that this is just a crackpot theory.

	===Attempts to Evade Sanctioning===		===Attempts to Evade Sanctioning===
	One or two posters who had participated in the bandwagon craftily changed the title and content of their threads before the mods came, a tactic which had served them well in past bandwagons. One of these posters was [[User:Janus\|Lord Janus]], who was actually not banned for participating in the bandwagon, but for "13+ spam posts" that now only exist in one of two places; Aelf's mind, or the trash forum. Both are equally likely, but neither can be proved. The leason to be learned here is that even if you cover your tracks, you can still get tossed in the cooler for a week if you make a few posts in a thread with [[Mr. Woe]] as it's title.		One or two posters who had participated in the bandwagon craftily changed the title and content of their threads before the mods came, a tactic which had served them well in past bandwagons. One of these posters was [[User:Janus\|Lord Janus]], who was actually not banned for participating in the bandwagon, but for "13+ spam posts" that now only exist in one of two places; Aelf's mind, or the trash forum. Both are equally likely, but neither can be proved. The leason to be learned here is that even if you cover your tracks, you can still get tossed in the cooler for a week if you make a few posts in a thread with [[Mr. Woe]] as it's title.

Briddy at 22:41, 30 October 2006

Briddy — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 22:41:52 GMT

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	==The Smackdown==		==The Smackdown==
-	The mods of RR responded with mass sanctioning and a couple dozen postcount --'s to boot. The forum admin, [[Aelfrhian]], called the majority of RRers "pathetic children" and was totally pissed that her mods apparently have to babysit RR all the damn time. The citizens of RR recovered quickly and have so far stayed within the guidelines put down by their mods and admins.Many consider Aelf's actions in this case to be a rather extreme punishment for the actions that prompted it.	+	The mods of RR responded with mass sanctioning and a couple dozen postcount --'s to boot. The forum admin, [[Aelfrhian]], called the majority of RRers "pathetic children" and was totally pissed that her mods apparently have to babysit RR all the damn time. The citizens of RR recovered quickly and have so far stayed within the guidelines put down by their mods and admins.Many consider Aelf's actions in this case to be a rather extreme punishment for the actions that prompted it. Some believe the harsh measures were taken because Sauceror was going on vacation, and therefore the "troublemakers" of RR were banned in order to keep things quiet while she was gone.

	===Attempts to Evade Sanctioning===		===Attempts to Evade Sanctioning===
	One or two posters who had participated in the bandwagon craftily changed the title and content of their threads before the mods came, a tactic which had served them well in past bandwagons. One of these posters was [[User:Janus\|Lord Janus]], who was actually not banned for participating in the bandwagon, but for "13+ spam posts" that now only exist in one of two places; Aelf's mind, or the trash forum. Both are equally likely, but neither can be proved. The leason to be learned here is that even if you cover your tracks, you can still get tossed in the cooler for a week if you make a few posts in a thread with [[Mr. Woe]] as it's title.		One or two posters who had participated in the bandwagon craftily changed the title and content of their threads before the mods came, a tactic which had served them well in past bandwagons. One of these posters was [[User:Janus\|Lord Janus]], who was actually not banned for participating in the bandwagon, but for "13+ spam posts" that now only exist in one of two places; Aelf's mind, or the trash forum. Both are equally likely, but neither can be proved. The leason to be learned here is that even if you cover your tracks, you can still get tossed in the cooler for a week if you make a few posts in a thread with [[Mr. Woe]] as it's title.

Janus at 04:33, 30 October 2006

Janus — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 04:33:06 GMT

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	==The Crisis==		==The Crisis==
	The Smiley bandwagon of '06 is widely considered to be the most influential incident of RR's recent history. Some RRians felt it would be most humorous to create a series of threads headed with nothing but chat text smileys. This created mass confusion and chaos amongst the other residents. Many celebrated in their rebellion and gallivanted about in their own smiley faced domains declaring their free will and rebellious spirit, Others feared for their safety and Johnsons. Soon after, the smackdown commenced.		The Smiley bandwagon of '06 is widely considered to be the most influential incident of RR's recent history. Some RRians felt it would be most humorous to create a series of threads headed with nothing but chat text smileys. This created mass confusion and chaos amongst the other residents. Many celebrated in their rebellion and gallivanted about in their own smiley faced domains declaring their free will and rebellious spirit, Others feared for their safety and Johnsons. Soon after, the smackdown commenced.
		+
	==The Smackdown==		==The Smackdown==
-	The mods of RR responded with mass sanctioning and a couple dozen postcount --'s to boot. The forum admin, [[Aelfrhian]], called the majority of RRers "pathetic children" and was totally pissed that her mods apparently have to babysit RR all the damn time. The citizens of RR recovered quickly and have so far stayed within the guidelines put down by their mods and admins.	+	The mods of RR responded with mass sanctioning and a couple dozen postcount --'s to boot. The forum admin, [[Aelfrhian]], called the majority of RRers "pathetic children" and was totally pissed that her mods apparently have to babysit RR all the damn time. The citizens of RR recovered quickly and have so far stayed within the guidelines put down by their mods and admins.Many consider Aelf's actions in this case to be a rather extreme punishment for the actions that prompted it.
-	~~{{stub}}~~	+
		+	===Attempts to Evade Sanctioning===
		+	One or two posters who had participated in the bandwagon craftily changed the title and content of their threads before the mods came, a tactic which had served them well in past bandwagons. One of these posters was [[User:Janus\|Lord Janus]], who was actually not banned for participating in the bandwagon, but for "13+ spam posts" that now only exist in one of two places; Aelf's mind, or the trash forum. Both are equally likely, but neither can be proved. The leason to be learned here is that even if you cover your tracks, you can still get tossed in the cooler for a week if you make a few posts in a thread with [[Mr. Woe]] as it's title.

Hinoa: /* The Smackdown */ rm Godwin's Law

Hinoa — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 04:11:49 GMT

The Smackdown: rm Godwin's Law

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	The Smiley bandwagon of '06 is widely considered to be the most influential incident of RR's recent history. Some RRians felt it would be most humorous to create a series of threads headed with nothing but chat text smileys. This created mass confusion and chaos amongst the other residents. Many celebrated in their rebellion and gallivanted about in their own smiley faced domains declaring their free will and rebellious spirit, Others feared for their safety and Johnsons. Soon after, the smackdown commenced.		The Smiley bandwagon of '06 is widely considered to be the most influential incident of RR's recent history. Some RRians felt it would be most humorous to create a series of threads headed with nothing but chat text smileys. This created mass confusion and chaos amongst the other residents. Many celebrated in their rebellion and gallivanted about in their own smiley faced domains declaring their free will and rebellious spirit, Others feared for their safety and Johnsons. Soon after, the smackdown commenced.
	==The Smackdown==		==The Smackdown==
-	The mods of RR responded with mass sanctioning and a couple dozen postcount --'s to boot. The ~~glorious leader of RR~~, ~~Adolphrian Hitler~~, ~~Called~~ the majority of RRers "pathetic children" and was totally pissed that her mods apparently have to babysit RR all the damn time. The citizens of RR recovered quickly and have so far stayed within the guidelines put down by their mods and admins.	+	The mods of RR responded with mass sanctioning and a couple dozen postcount --'s to boot. The forum admin, [[Aelfrhian]], called the majority of RRers "pathetic children" and was totally pissed that her mods apparently have to babysit RR all the damn time. The citizens of RR recovered quickly and have so far stayed within the guidelines put down by their mods and admins.
	{{stub}}		{{stub}}

Cake Bandit at 04:06, 30 October 2006

Cake Bandit — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 04:06:37 GMT

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	*Cantryboy		*Cantryboy

		+	==The Crisis==
		+	The Smiley bandwagon of '06 is widely considered to be the most influential incident of RR's recent history. Some RRians felt it would be most humorous to create a series of threads headed with nothing but chat text smileys. This created mass confusion and chaos amongst the other residents. Many celebrated in their rebellion and gallivanted about in their own smiley faced domains declaring their free will and rebellious spirit, Others feared for their safety and Johnsons. Soon after, the smackdown commenced.
		+	==The Smackdown==
		+	The mods of RR responded with mass sanctioning and a couple dozen postcount --'s to boot. The glorious leader of RR, Adolphrian Hitler, Called the majority of RRers "pathetic children" and was totally pissed that her mods apparently have to babysit RR all the damn time. The citizens of RR recovered quickly and have so far stayed within the guidelines put down by their mods and admins.
	{{stub}}		{{stub}}

Hinoa at 22:49, 25 October 2006

Hinoa — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 22:49:25 GMT

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-	The Smiley Thread Bandwagon was a bandwagon with Smilies as a topic name. Effectively half of RR was sanctioned because of this.	+	The Smiley Thread Bandwagon was a bandwagon with Smilies as a topic name. Effectively half of RR was [[sanctioned]] because of this.
-	~~The following users were sanctioned~~.	+

-	~~Time-out long (approximately 2 weeks):~~
-	~~Smacktard~~
-	~~ratbert~~
-	~~Barnacle_Ed~~
-	~~I_eat_trees~~
-	~~SPNirology~~
-	~~Zerofive1~~
-	~~magesx~~
-	~~birdofprey161~~
-	~~Shunyata~~

-	~~Time-out short~~ (7 to 10 days):	+	==The Victims==
-	Ratclaw	+	===Long Sanction (~2 wks)===
-	lordjanus	+	*Smacktard
-	Strong Bad's Fan	+	*ratbert
-	thekillerfroggy?	+	*Barnacle_Ed
-	Kazer	+	*I_eat_trees
-	Cantryboy	+	*SPNirology
		+	*Zerofive1
		+	*magesx
		+	*birdofprey161
		+	*Shunyata
		+
		+	===Short Sanction (7-10 days)===
		+	*Ratclaw
		+	*lordjanus
		+	*Strong Bad's Fan
		+	*thekillerfroggy?
		+	*Kazer
		+	*Cantryboy
		+
		+	{{stub}}

Ratbert at 22:47, 25 October 2006

Ratbert — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 22:47:24 GMT

New page

The Smiley Thread Bandwagon was a bandwagon with Smilies as a topic name. Effectively half of RR was sanctioned because of this.
The following users were sanctioned.

Time-out long (approximately 2 weeks):
Smacktard
ratbert
Barnacle_Ed
I_eat_trees
SPNirology
Zerofive1
magesx
birdofprey161
Shunyata

Time-out short (7 to 10 days):
Ratclaw
lordjanus
Strong Bad's Fan
thekillerfroggy?
Kazer
Cantryboy