Ban
From: The Gaiapedia, the community encyclopedia about Gaia Online
A ban is when the Administrators or Moderators decide a certain user has broken the rules and needs to get punished for such. It can range from three days to indefinitely or permanent.
[edit] Bannable Offenses
Accounts are banned for breaking Gaia's Terms of Service. These usually involve (although are not limited to) scamming, hacking, taking advantage of a glitch, or harassing other users.
In order to be banned, an account must first be accused of breaking the Terms of Service. This could be done by having an inappropriate Private Message reported or having a conversation in Barton Town reported (if the offender is breaking a rule such as cybering or offering offensive websites). A user might also be banned if a Moderator or Administrator catches them in the act of breaking a rule.
[edit] Ban Time
Bans can be permanent or temporary. If an admin or mod is in the process of deciding if a user is guilty of a crime or not, they might ban the user until the decision is made. If a user breaks a rule once or only performs a mildy offensive action, the ban will be shorter. If a user performs multiple offenses or a more serious offense, the result is potentially a permanent ban.
A ban does not remove the account, which is impossible to do. It does not remove the posts, or items the user has.
An IP ban is when a user's IP address will be banned from the site, and thus that computer will no longer be able to view it. This is rarely, if ever, done because the fact that there are often unrelated users which share the same IP, such as two users who use the same computer, or two computers on a ISP or network sharing an IP.
