Johnny Danger Says Farewell !
 

A message from Johnny Danger:

This morning I received a message that I had been "banned" from the forum. Aside from my usual zany and off-beat nature, I can't think of any reason why this action would have been taken against me ? I've received no warnings to date, nor any subsequent notification as to why I was "banned" ? In any case, I've enjoyed my participation on the forum over the years. My objective all along was to bring some fun and amusement to the community without breaching any rules or intentionally offending anyone's sensibilities, as well as engaging in a meaningful discussion(s) with fellow enthusiasts about all things related to the boxster. After almost 5 years of membership and nigh on to 4,000 posts, I hoped that I've brought some level of enjoyment and practical knowledge and experience to this forum, to include the friendships that have evolved in the course of doing so. After all, we had 986 Poetry, Boxsterpiece Theater, 986 Trivia, Driving Music and of course my favorite - the Danger Winter Workout Series ! Oh well, it was fun while it lasted. Farewell to all, and remember I put the "err... in danger" !

JD

Well this is sad. On a side note, still waiting for a goodie in the mail! Are you going to try having your account reinstated?

Is this a joke? Banned for no reason? No warning? That sux dude. Can someone give an explanation to what gets you banned?

If this is true, it is a sad day. As a new memeber to this forum I appreciate everything you have said and the humor you have brought to your posts. I hope you can get reinstated and continue to bring some smiles to the forum!!

Can we start a petition to get you reinstated? I always love reading your wit and knowledge.

Johnny Danger's posts are the only posts I go out of my way to read -_-

banned? time to reinvent.

I can't imagine why. This must be a joke

Johnny Danger, my guess is that your side stripes did you in my friend. That's a bannable offense right there.

Just reinvent yourself and come back. That's what I did several years ago.

http://986forum.com/forums/general-discussions/45395-yea-nay-stripe.html

And this does not say you're banned.

If this is true, there is no reason to come to this forum anymore. You can go ahead and ban me too. Johnny Danger was the only reason to visit this place.
**************** you mods!

Not so fast, Danger.

You're not getting away that easy.

We know you got the Falcon hidden somewhere, so ya better start talking, or the girl gets it!

Rocky Rococo

Frankly, I don't get this either. I must say, one of things I have enjoyed about this forum, apart from Johnny's humorous little side-threads and his insights about986 Boxster tuning, is that I haven't seen evidence of the sort of heavy-handed censorship that the moderators of some forums engage in. If this is not a joke at our expense (kind of like being able to attend your own funeral!), surely some clarification is in order from our mods.

Brad

I would like to know what has actually happened first before I react. If it is as it appears then react I shall.

I'm going to join Heiko's forum anyway now that I know about it (how did this slip past me, I wonder?). I just had a quick look, and it looks pretty cool!

Received this morning:

vBulletin Message
You have been banned for the following reason:
No reason was specified.

Date the ban will be lifted: Never

Perhaps its one of those Auto ban bots that found one of the Magic cardinal Sins in a post. Spelling mistake likely!

I also go out of my way to read JD's amusing and entertaining comments.

I'm going to find out what an admin has to say about this and hope to get this undone.

Personally I think that JD's nemesis has found a loophole in the ways of this Board and managed to lay a trap that JD inadvertantly stumbled into.

But then again JD probably did the stumbling on purpose to help expose the double agent and have the whole plan backfire on him.

JD - Has to be a mistake. PM BruceLee to fix it.

Well I'm quitting as well then!
No danger, no Essex.

Bottom right corner of the page you will find a "Contact us" link, so write to the Webmaster to have JD reinstated.

I know some Forums have Auto Ban bots to prevent spammers and advertising robots from flooding the board with useless irritating posts.

Its quite a battle to keep forums clean like this one and I have to say they have done an admiral job of it but mistakes do occur with the bans and it only takes a polite request to make the world right again.

So folks, Email the webmaster on the "Contact us" link near the bottom right corner of the page.

I have sent my email already.

Wow. That's just wrong.

Seriously.

Request sent to Webmaster
 

Mr Danger,

I'm not sure what kind of tomfoolery you have been up too behind the scenes, but I am hoping this is a misunderstanding and they sign you back up with apologies!

Sweeper

I also PM'd RKWEI for help in resolving this.

I think it was a mistake because the Ban was not done in the following manner.
You would certainly know when and why you were going to be banned.

Below is the Ban Policy:


Policing

986forum.com operates a three strike policy. Users will be warned a maximum
of two times for any and all offences in a three month period. Arguing with
moderator after having received a warning will lead to an immediate
additional warning.After a third warning, a temporary ban will be put in
place of between 1 to 7 days. Any attempt to circumvent a temporary ban
will lead to that ban being made permanent.

Hi guys. I think I accidentally clicked one of Johnny Danger's posts last night when I was cleaning up some spam on the forums. This occasionally happens when there's spam mixed in with the regular posts. It says that I (Wayne at Pelican Parts) performed the ban last night, and the only thing I did was clean up some spam. So, my apologies, there's no conspiracy going on :) , just me, who apparently made a clicking mistake.

I've already fixed Danger's account, and it should be good to go again.

Sorry again for the messup and the confusion...

-Wayne

Thanks Wayne, I figured it had to be something like that - as I said, I have never seen signs on this forum of heavy-handed censorship. Heck, even when people take shots at Pelican parts, you let them stand.

As for Johnny, you did get to attend your own funeral! Nice to know that if you ever do disappear, you will be missed!

Brad

All is right in the world now

Good Afternoon JD,

Our deepest apologies, this was absolutely a mistake on our end. Last evening while moderating spam we accidentally banned you by mistake. Your original account has already been reinstated and again we apologize for any inconvenience. You are an appreciated forum member and we have always enjoyed your input, sound advice and having you as a participant. Once again our deepest apologies.

Sincerely,
Trinidad

teapot tempest. for while there jd was a pied piper of crazies, marching off into the ether with a trail of disgruntled typists and their asterisk-laden posts following behind him.

Wait - Pelican owns this message board too?

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Thanks for the kind words. I have to admit, in hindsight, I may have drawn the wrong conclusion too soon. However, I was truly concerned that I had been banned for no apparent reason. Water under the bridge. I'm happy to have been made whole again.

Close call ! Everyone knows that JD is our connection to 007 and the Cartel of Cool.

This should still serve as a warning to the younger Boxster owners. You start pimping your ride with side stripes, and don't he surprised if the hammer falls. Just saying.

Boy, I'll never live those stripes down !

Mistake. Told ya'll.

I had fun with it.



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I was a wreck earlier today thinking that I had lost contact with you guys.


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I, for one, would have been appalled if this really happened. Your help on wheel spacers and offset info. alone would be enough to enshrine you on this list forever. We don't have enough humor in the world these days and to ban you would have been the last straw!!! Glad it has been cleared up. Party on PEACOCK and get rid of those bloody stripes before I have to drive up there.......


AKL:cool:

I did I tell you that I'm adding side stripes and hood stripes just in time for the New Paltz 4th of July parade !

That made me laugh.



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Wow, take a day off from the forum and look what happens! My heart stopped until I got to page two. Thank goodness it was a mistake. This forum would not be the same with out you Johnny! Glad to see you are now back, the world is right again:cheers::D

I was feeling the same way. Where would we possibly get our culture from?

Phew. I'm still only coming here to read JD's posts. And one day I plan to do a write up on how to install an IMS in a Cayenne Turbo...