Oh no, not again, a BAN: Mike Mousehill.....

richardday said:

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Done mine.
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Richard Day - 'Carpe Diem!'
Gloucester UK

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carpents said:

Isn't Mike the host of this month's Pentax Challenge?!?! We should
be starting now, right?

Uh-oh...

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alinla said:

• Petitioning Jessie Jackson to intervene in Mousehill's oppression

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KL Matt said:

I certainly think it's crazy to ban Mike Mousehill of all people.
If there was anyone who deserved a simple e-mail asking to stop
whatever it was instead of just getting banned right away then it's
him. But he did break the rules of the forum in a pretty flagrant
way over multiple threads and several days:

"Commercial advertising - Commercial website linking or advertising
is not allowed, if you wish to advertise on the site contact us.
This rule includes webmasters of other digital photography websites
promoting themselves on the forum. You will be banned and have all
of your messages removed."

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KL Matt said:

What Mike did was in essence advertise for another commercial
website here. This is something Phil expressly prohibits, whether
we agree with it or not, it's his site.

I'm sure Mike will be back soon, but I too think this banning stuff
is a bit overboard sometimes. The forum is generally a really nice
place though, wonder if the two are related...

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Take it easy,

-Matt

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alinla said:

carpents said:

Isn't Mike the host of this month's Pentax Challenge?!?! We should
be starting now, right?

Uh-oh...

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On second thought, Sean why don't you contact Janneman who can
contact Mike and you guys can arrange something for a couple of
days.

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alinla said:

I can't imagine this ban will last that long. I mean there
are like 6 threads about this now. At this rate we will have the
forum full of Free Mouse threads by Monday. Phil's bound to
recognize something is up.

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• Albert Einstein

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alinla said:

carpents said:

Isn't Mike the host of this month's Pentax Challenge?!?! We should
be starting now, right?

Uh-oh...

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On second thought, Sean why don't you contact Janneman who can
contact Mike and you guys can arrange something for a couple of
days. I can't imagine this ban will last that long. I mean there
are like 6 threads about this now. At this rate we will have the
forum full of Free Mouse threads by Monday. Phil's bound to
recognize something is up.

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alinla

• Petitioning Jessie Jackson to intervene in Mousehill's oppression

http://www.trappedlight.com
http://trappedlight.blogspot.com/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LAShooters/

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janneman02 said:

Can';t be the reason, lots of MIkes posts and threads remain

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KL Matt said:

KL Matt said:

Can';t be the reason, lots of MIkes posts and threads remain

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Sure it can. Just because Phil threatens to erase all posts doesn't
mean he actually does it in all cases. Now that actually would
have been way overboard.

Mike was in essence posting marketing for that other site here
repeatedly. It may not seem that way (all he wanted was a vote) but
that's exactly what that contest is designed to do - send visitors
to their site. It's called viral marketing. Phil's forum was thus
hosting their marketing campaign, and he has put a stop to that.
Rightfully so, if you ask me. Why should Phil host someone elses's
marketing? Just a shame it would happen to Mike, and that
enforcement had to be a ban.

-Matt

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KL Matt said:

Mike was in essence posting marketing for that other site here
repeatedly. It may not seem that way (all he wanted was a vote) but
that's exactly what that contest is designed to do - send visitors
to their site. It's called viral marketing. Phil's forum was thus
hosting their marketing campaign, and he has put a stop to that.
Rightfully so, if you ask me. Why should Phil host someone elses's
marketing? Just a shame it would happen to Mike, and that
enforcement had to be a ban.

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• Albert Einstein

Jim King said:

Phil and his merry men should look carefully at the posts of the
person complaining; in many cases they would find that the
complainer has a dubious history of his/her own. In this case, it
appears that our old friend George TR, who has been repeatedly
banned under his original name and various pseudonyms, is the
complainer. Way to go George!! (Blowing big raspberry...)
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Jim King - Retired Colormonger - Suburban Detroit, Michigan, USA;
GMT -4h (EDT)



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Jim King said:

With all due respect, banning a guy like Mike for this infraction
is like swatting a fly on the baby's head with an axe; a simple
cease-and-desist email coupled with erasure of the offending thread
would have accomplished the desired result without all this stir
and commotion. "Let the punishment fit the crime," as the old G&S
ditty goes...

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