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I have banned @diable
Thank god for that. A needy and sad little character.
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Why did you delete all his posts? As far as I remember, he only started trolling very recently.
I have no particular brief to value them, but it just leaves a bit of a hole in the forum. (Not that it's a collaborative literary masterwork for the ages.)
It's strange when someone who's been on here for so long starts trolling. Echoes of Jeez (although his lead-in time was shorter).
I have a feeling he'll pop up again from time to time.
I have banned @diable for trolling, and his alias @user67596 .
I have also taken the step of deleting all of his content, which means the "What is the law" thread has been deleted.
I read that thread fully, and whilst some reasonable comments existed in there... those only existed in response to trollish comments predominantly by diable.
diable made the claim that I had banned him for being racist, but I did not. The trolling was the entire reason.
diable also made a show of saying that he had donated and demands a refund. I'll note a few things: In the T&Cs and also donations page I note that subsequently being banned isn't a reason for a refund, and that donations cover services already received and not future services... so we do not refund. That said, I went and had a look, and for his Yahoo email (the only one I know that has PayPal associated with it) I could only find a purchase of a T-shirt, and a small donation in 2009. I know of no donation that I could refund even if I wanted to.
As for the cycling debate... let's not have it. Everyone here knows the law, two braking methods required, one on each wheel. No-one can say they're unaware.