ferdinand1981 and fox1981 have both been banned as sock puppets of jugheadjones13

Andy Dora has been banned as yet another sockpuppet of conway. 

Quantum321 has been banned for abusing the PM system. Folks, the rules are really clear, and no matter how passionate you are about your ideas, please remember we're all here voluntarily, and we've chosen civility as our #1 rule. Nobody gets threatened here. We attack ideas, not people.

Scotty99 has been banned permanently. His "intuitive" beliefs are always going to clash with rigorous explanations, since they bond emotionally with what he wants to be true, and that makes discussing science with him like listening to a sermon. We wish him luck in his search for intellectual equals.

Tom O'Neil has been suspended for repeated hijacking 

On 27/12/2017 at 3:37 PM, Vmedvil said:

I am leaving, Some of the Mods can go take a long walk off a short cliff. I will not be back EVER!

 

It seems that "ever" equals approximately 7 months. VictorMedvil has been banned as a sock puppet of VMedvil. 

SamCogar has been suspended 3 days for repeatedly going anywhere and everywhere but on-topic.

interested has been banned permanently for an inappropriate attack on a fellow member, on top of past suspensions. Remember, if you find yourself posting foul language, you probably aren't attacking an idea.

David Hine has been suspended for 1 week for constantly attempting to reintroduce closed topics. 

wwlad has been banned as a sockpuppet of wlad

Taingorz has been suspended a week for massive trolling

prashant akerkar and prashantakerkar have been banned. One for sockpuppetry, and since a second account was used to circumvent the mod queue, the other has been banned as well.

David Hine's vacation has been extended indefinitely.

 

Ted Watson has been banned as a sockpuppet of mpc755 et al.

Achilles has been suspended for 1 week for insulting behaviour and using the forum as a personal soap box.  

Bean_Spiller has been banned as a sockpuppet of inSe

Achilles has been permanently banned. His need for abusive controversy overcame his need for learning science.

inSe has been suspended for 1 month for sock puppetry, an inability to act without aggression, and for posting a lot of nonsense.  

On 9/8/2018 at 4:28 PM, hypervalent_iodine said:

inSe has been suspended for 1 month for sock puppetry, an inability to act without aggression, and for posting a lot of nonsense.  

This has been extended indefinitely, for using a sock puppet account to evade a suspension. Pock Suppet has been banned as well. 

Kafei has been banned at his request. We thank him for cutting the red tape, since it would have been a few hours more before other mods could have weighed in and agreed to that action. Also for the lesson that claiming you haven't broken any rules means nothing when you don't actually know/understand what the rules are.

eggman2 has been banned as a sockpuppet of Achilles

Arkangel Daniel has been cast out permanently for preaching the crazy. 

electricalelectronics has been spam-banned for posting vulgar and pornographic material. Apparently he either had a meltdown after being warned about some marginal posts, or was planning on being a jerk all along.

Spam-banning removes all of his posts. Apologies if this disrupts any ongoing discussion, from before he decided to react like a child.

dhimokritis has been banned as a sockpuppet of Kramer

Taxonomist didn't make it to 7 posts before violating most of the rules, so he's banned. Probably mikemikev anyway, same flavor of hate.

JoeH banned as yet another mpc755 clone

Vvi has been banned for an abusive tirade about numbers. 

O Gor has been banned as a sock puppet of OlegGorokhov