First of all, we should NOT be putting up polls to ban people. It's not a popularity contest. If people are breaking the rules or causing trouble, they need to be dealt with. Having to make polls and wait for people to vote only undermines the powers of ops to deal with these situations. If we did that, we might as well not have ops.
Freeza is not the only op that wanted him banned, nor is it only the ops that want him banned. Most of the people who support the ban don't seem like like saying so publicly so they don't sound like assholes to everyone. Further, this isn't just one situation, but rather a long long string of events over a period of months. Moogle/Haxtor has already had many chances, and he's screwed them all up so far. Whenever this idea of evidence comes up, my first thought is I sure hope it's not me that gets stuck going through all the log files to find it all. You have no idea what a chore that would be to find all the times he's caused trouble. I'm pretty sure what Freeza has dug up is not all of it.
We've tried many times to deal with the situation, but all too often Moogle just isn't willing to listen. He especially seems to like trying to get around rules by playing with words. He'll find some statement that's a little too specific in it's wording, although the meaning is very clear, and he'll change that one little insignificant detail and keep being a pain in the ass. And he doesn't stop until you rephrase the rule he's breaking. Then he either finds another detail to be a pain in the butt about or complains about you "changing" the rules. And then when you finally do kick him or ban him, he screams "abuse of power" to no end.
Personally I think arguing about rules in that manner should be an instant ban. No serious site puts up with crap like that.
And for those of you concerned about keeping the community together, what about people he may be driving away? A lot of people don't like putting up with him, or his random abuse. People don't like the random swearing, insults, and violent sounding pokes/attacks. If we want to keep the community together, we need to keep this stuff out of the main channel.
Btw, the length of time he's been banned for has been exagerated. It's been at most a month, and probably less. Even still, he's not banned from all channels. (And I've noticed he was able to reply in this thread). As for when the ban will be lifted, it has been partially lifted a while ago already. If his behaviour remains good, it may be lifted in time. Although, some people feel he's already been given yet another chance he doesn't deserve with the partial lifting of the ban. Personally I'd rather not see the ban remain permanent, nor do I enjoy the fact that it's happened, but I still feel it's too soon to lift it.
