General News ban

[Raj]

So i was banned on Saturday and my profile pic(The star of David in solidarity for the Jewish murders in Manchester) was taken down after a poster complained about it.(Samilktray)

I don't mind being banned but can a mod explain to users how long the ban is for and what infringement has occurred to trigger the ban.

 

Thanks in advance

Raj

[Samilktray]

I would once again like to clear up that it was neither a complaint nor was offence taken by your picture. I was just calling you a numpty because it was very silly of you and I hope your temporary restrictions give you a chance to reflect on your behaviour going forward

 

just want to thank @Mark and the moderation team for the job they do here on FoxesTalk

 

[Muzzy_no7]

13 minutes ago, Samilktray said:

I would once again like to clear up that it was neither a complaint nor was offence taken by your picture. I was just calling you a numpty because it was very silly of you and I hope your temporary restrictions give you a chance to reflect on your behaviour going forward

 

just want to thank @Mark and the moderation team for the job they do here on FoxesTalk

 

Bit of a patronising post. 
 

I didn’t see his ‘behaviour’, what happened? 

[Parafox]

12 minutes ago, Samilktray said:

I would once again like to clear up that it was neither a complaint nor was offence taken by your picture. I was just calling you a numpty because it was very silly of you and I hope your temporary restrictions give you a chance to reflect on your behaviour going forward

 

just want to thank @Mark and the moderation team for the job they do here on FoxesTalk

 

 

[Tommy G]

38 minutes ago, Samilktray said:

I would once again like to clear up that it was neither a complaint nor was offence taken by your picture. I was just calling you a numpty because it was very silly of you and I hope your temporary restrictions give you a chance to reflect on your behaviour going forward

 

just want to thank @Mark and the moderation team for the job they do here on FoxesTalk

 

[AKCJ]

47 minutes ago, Samilktray said:

I would once again like to clear up that it was neither a complaint nor was offence taken by your picture. I was just calling you a numpty because it was very silly of you and I hope your temporary restrictions give you a chance to reflect on your behaviour going forward

 

just want to thank @Mark and the moderation team for the job they do here on FoxesTalk

 

 Wind it in mate ****in hell

[RoboFox]

Thought after Finnegan's rant the other week we wouldn't see one of these for a while. 

 

I'm pretty sure the mods just ignore these threads now.

 

Edited 6 October 2025 by RoboFox

[Raj]

1 hour ago, Samilktray said:

I would once again like to clear up that it was neither a complaint nor was offence taken by your picture. I was just calling you a numpty because it was very silly of you and I hope your temporary restrictions give you a chance to reflect on your behaviour going forward

 

just want to thank @Mark and the moderation team for the job they do here on FoxesTalk

 

Dear oh dear, i though you were a decent poster but this is really taking the P1ss mate.

I called you out and you didn't reply.......still waiting why you think i'm a baby, and a numpty- if anything i think your making yourself look stupid

 

Edited 6 October 2025 by Raj

[Raj]

1 hour ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

Bit of a patronising post. 
 

I didn’t see his ‘behaviour’, what happened? 

See above Muzzy...might put my profile pic as Palestines flag as that should be okay on this forum!!!

[CL Fox]

This is going well!

[Raj]

43 minutes ago, CL Fox said:

This is going well!

Think you can get banned from forum support enquiring about a ban in the general news thread!!!🙄🤣

[Torquay Gunner]

7 hours ago, Raj said:

Think you can get banned from forum support enquiring about a ban in the general news thread!!!🙄🤣

Give it a couple of weeks you’re be restricted to music and gaming, see you in there! 

Edited 6 October 2025 by Torquay Gunner

[Bordersfox]

13 hours ago, Torquay Gunner said:

Give it a couple of weeks you’re be restricted to music and gaming, see you in there! 

Tbf the only thread you need is this one, it's absolutely gold standard.  

[ajthefox]

Nothing like ban complaints and man baby handbags in forum support for a good laugh 

[urban.spaceman]

[Finnegan]

[Wymsey]

6 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

Really thought of @'ing you on here, to get your views on this..

Edited 7 October 2025 by Wymsey

[Brainy]

[st albans fox]

Can’t believe I missed this !

[Mike Oxlong]

Is a half and half scarf ok ? 

 

Just asking 

[David Hankey]

I've been barred, unnecessarily in my view, from the General News for ages and I'm still none the wiser as to why.

 

I never used foul and abusive language.

 

Occasionally I've asked to be reinstated but Admin seemed adamant to keep me on the naughty step.

 

It's all a bit childish really but the powers that be think differently.

[splinterdream]

I’ve now been banned from another thread, the *** of our time. Why? What have I said or done that warrants that? Non of my posts have broken any rules, I’ve not been offensive to anyone, so wtf is going on? 

[bovril]

57 minutes ago, splinterdream said:

I’ve now been banned from another thread, the *** of our time. Why? What have I said or done that warrants that? Non of my posts have broken any rules, I’ve not been offensive to anyone, so wtf is going on? 

Although I disagreed with your posts I didn't find them particularly offensive. 

 

I sometimes wonder how I haven't been banned when others have and I can only assume my posts are too incoherent for mods to understand. Either that or I have had beers with some famous foxestalkers. 

[splinterdream]

19 minutes ago, bovril said:

Although I disagreed with your posts I didn't find them particularly offensive. 

 

I sometimes wonder how I haven't been banned when others have and I can only assume my posts are too incoherent for mods to understand. Either that or I have had beers with some famous foxestalkers. 

Its fine for the owner or mods to be left wing land not want to see posts criticising that, that much is clear, but just say that, then we all know where we stand.

I have seen racism (anti white) on here with the poster admitting it was racist, I have flagged a poster being abusive towards me which resulted in my post being removed.

The post that got me banned from GN was an interview with Raja Miah, a brave man who is seeking justice for the survivors of Rotherham. I have a teenage daughter so this is close to my heart.

15 years I've been on this forum but this is making me consider whether its for me tbh

[splinterdream]

21 hours ago, splinterdream said:

Its fine for the owner or mods to be left wing land not want to see posts criticising that, that much is clear, but just say that, then we all know where we stand.

I have seen racism (anti white) on here with the poster admitting it was racist, I have flagged a poster being abusive towards me which resulted in my post being removed.

The post that got me banned from GN was an interview with Raja Miah, a brave man who is seeking justice for the survivors of Rotherham. I have a teenage daughter so this is close to my heart.

15 years I've been on this forum but this is making me consider whether its for me tbh

I have been told that my ban from the third thread (the *** of our time) which I've been removed from, is for turning it political. This reason given  is surprising as when i looked, there's lots of political discussion prior to my contribution, infact you could say the whole site has many political posts on threads that were not started to be political, and I wouldn't even be discussing anything political anyehere else if I hadn't have been banned from the GN thread.

If the Mods are not happy with how a thread is going, why dont they just post or message a warning? It seems to me to be dependent upon how you politically lean.

I'm a working class Leicester fan with political opinions, shared by the majority of people in this Country, I dont like having the feeling I'm being silenced/cancelled on a forum where discussion on all subjects has the illusion of being open as long as you have respect for others.

 

The 1st post i was removed from, (climate poll), was whilst i was in the middle of a debate with the guy always on there regards net zero, it was to his surprise I was silenced and removed. when I messaged him to ask if he'd had a problem with our debate, respectful debate to me is good, as long as its respectful, something I cant say happens with certain accounts on here that seem to never get flagged.

 

I have asked politely if I can be reinstated to these threads with the request that if i'm out of line, please let me know, but doesn't seem to have got me anywhere, so sadly i'm going to have to delete my account after 15 years of contributing to this forum as I don't like how this makes me feel.

 

I hope that changes are made so in the future I could use the forum again.