Questions tagged [account-suspension]
User accounts can be temporarily banned ("suspended") by ♦ moderators for violation of the site rules. Use this tag for any questions related to user suspensions. Do not use this tag to appeal a suspension. Read the full tag wiki for information on how to appeal a suspension
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5 votes
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Incorrect error message when trying to ask a question on a site's meta while suspended
I was trying to follow instructions to create a question on Space Exploration Meta: "You must have at least 5 reputation on Space Exploration Stack Exchange to ask a question on meta, but you may ...
6 votes
1 answer
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Non-suspended user's reputation shows incorrectly as 1 [duplicate]
I just noticed this user. Their reputation shows at 1, for some reason, but a look at their reputation history shows they should have 156 rep. They've even cast flags and made comments, so they ...
3 votes
1 answer
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What can be a reason for such a long suspension? [duplicate]
I have just read an interesting old answer of this user: https://math.stackexchange.com/users/97378/cleo and noticed that the profile is "temporarily" suspended till year 2125 (i.e. for 100 ...
-25 votes
4 answers
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Don't show suspension reasons at all on user profiles
Right now, there is a very general suspension reason shown on a user's profile if they are currently suspended. This is along the lines of "low quality content", "rule violations" ...
-18 votes
3 answers
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Allow users to make their suspension reason public during the suspension
Allow users to make their suspension reason public during the suspension. Rationale: Currently, the suspension reason is just a few words ("low-quality contribution", "rule violation&...
-69 votes
3 answers
575 views
Allow regular users to vote to lift a user's suspension
Allow regular users to vote to lift a user's suspension. Rationale: SE is supposed to be moderated by the community as much as possible.
13 votes
0 answers
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Wrong error message when a suspended user tries to visit a post edit page
In one of the chat rooms dedicated to moderation of the entire network, the question came up whether suspended users were able to suggest edits. Turns out they're aren't, and they get a clear error ...
11 votes
1 answer
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Is there a policy for when/how "permanent" bans are issued?
When and why would Stack Exchange, for any reason, choose to issue a "permanent" ban, that is, "temporarily" banned for longer than a lifetime, as opposed to a 1 year, or even a ...
-9 votes
1 answer
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Rep doesn't come back immediately after a suspension ends [duplicate]
Rep doesn't come back immediately after a suspension ends. Example (rep=1 on meta but suspension ended already):
11 votes
0 answers
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Add the suspension reason in meta profiles
Currently, the suspension reason is only in profiles on main: Example 1: main, meta. Example 2: main, meta. Add suspension reason in profiles on meta. This was previously reported as a bug, but ...
20 votes
0 answers
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Can we please make the {optionalSuspensionAutoMessage} more practical?
Moderator message templates contain the magic text {optionalSuspensionAutoMessage}, which, if the message is sent with a suspension, turns into the following text: Your account has been temporarily ...
7 votes
0 answers
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Tell suspended users that they can't edit tag wikis
Suspended users cannot edit tag wikis. As such, suspended users who click the "Improve tag info" button will be immediately redirected from the edit page (https://meta.stackexchange.com/edit-...
28 votes
1 answer
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A moderator seems to have edited my name and profile
I just logged in to post a question and noticed that my name has been changed to "Spammer". When I went to my profile for further inspection, I notice that the "About" section has ...
16 votes
0 answers
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Don't let suspended users draft answers
Suspended users can currently see and type in answer boxes despite being unable to actually post answers. Their suspension only kicks in once they try to click the "Post Your Answer" button, ...
18 votes
0 answers
291 views
Could we have better communication with users whose profiles were removed with an automatic suspension?
Currently, when a user is destroyed for spamming or deleted as no longer welcome to participate, there's a 365-day suspension applied to the profile which is meant to keep them from using a newly-...