The forum does sometimes have last post time issues, but as you've spotted - this isn't one of them.

World Community Grid do not take action like this lightly. This is the second time in the history of WCG that it has happened. Also, World Community Grid don't do it without warning. carl.h has received (on two separate occasions) an official warning by email from the WCG project management, telling him to cease and desist. (This is in addition to any warnings from CAs or admins in the forums.) When the second warning was ignored, there was no need for further debate. If carl.h needs closure, he can get an explanation directly from the admins, by email.

The current WCG policy is not to make an official announcement about things like this, mostly because it just tends to polarise people, and the trouble continues. My personal opinion is that after the forum has experienced a rough patch, everyone needs closure - and an official announcement would help us move on.

We all can break the rules accidentally now and then. We apologise, nelsoc cleans up, and we get over it. What will get someone banned is repeated rule violation, in flagrant disregard of warnings from the admins. So, don't worry - you're not going to wake up tomorrow and find you can't post. Not to put too fine a point on it, carl.h is faking his surprise over this outcome. He knew exactly what to expect.

I hope this gives you (and anyone else reading) closure on this. It has certainly helped me.

It wasn't a single post that was at issue. There were many posts involved, breaking a number of rules.

Please remember, this wasn't my decision (although I support it). I haven't seen the email that was sent, although I understand it was a standard "cease and desist".

Please note that these warnings were personal emails from the WCG project manager, not the automatic emails that are sent when nelsoc edits a post. carl.h will presumably have received quite a few of those, too. The first official warning carl.h got was quite a few months ago, on a separate issue. And in between these two incidents, carl.h made a grand total of four posts.

I repeat: this wasn't done lightly. The course of action was decided by the project manager and all the forum administrators in consultation.

But honestly - he's only banned from these forums. It's not the end of the world. I don't want to get drawn into an argument with you, so please contact the staff via the support address if you wish to disagree with the notification policy.

Well, that would depend. Creating a load of fake logins and trying to disrupt the forum after being banned is probably not the way to get reinstated.

But so far, bans are permanent. You see, people can crunch quite happily without requiring access to the forums. There is still the support address if carl.h has technical troubles, and he can chat with the teddies on your own forum. I honestly can't think of anything that would grant redemption - although an apology would be the place to start.

Carl, I know you are upset, but perhaps it it would be better to set up a dialogue with WCG away from the forums where you are more likely to get a response - it is unlikely that you will be allowed back I suspect if you continue to post here under different logins - that is obviously assuming you want to come back

But what is the point Carl? - your posts will just get deleted after a short while and it will be a waste of time for everyone.

I urge you to argue your case directly with WCG via email - there may be some way to resolve this, but this isn't it.