plugger66 wrote:
Seriously I think sometimes this place goes wat over the top. If someone calls me tugger66 its obviously a put down but surely isnt worth a warning unless it goes on and on just as one mention of cleaner or JB surely shouldnt get a warning but going on and on should. Surely if its a one off its just a bit of playful fun. Lets not ruin this place with crap warnings when its just a bit of banter.
Plugger I agree with you. Taking the piss out of someone else's nic, if it's not in an abusive context, is generally just good natured banter and is fine. So for example, someone calling you tugger66, so long as it's not deliberately belittling, could be regarded as just mucking about or banter. And if it's one off and a bit of fun or part of ongoing banter, then I totally agree with you.
But......in this case, the poster using the nic Bunk Moreland has made it clear that he doesn't want to be referred to by a nic he previously used. He has asked on numerous occasions and in multiple threads for posters to desist from calling him that nic. When it becomes clear that it's a genuine request, then to me it's basic courtesy to adhere to that request. If someone asks people to stop calling him a particular name and people don't take him seriously - so he asks again and they still don't take him seriously - so he asks again and they continue calling him that name and completely ignore his genuine request, then the line has to be drawn somewhere.
In this case, a poster has made a clear and repeated request re his personal nic, whatever the site history, whatever his reasons and whether other posters regard them as valid or not, if others ignore that request and carry on with using that name, then it qualifies as baiting and is against the rules.
Re the term cleaner - it depends on context. In Stinger's case, that term has been used in the past to belittle and insult him. It hasn't been used in the context of a bit of friendly banter. If it's insulting or belittling, it's a rule breach and draws a warning.
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