History Main / MistakenlyBanned

* An entirely innocent action triggered an automatic ban in specific circumstances due to a lack of DevelopersForesight.

* You edited a page that's been under EditWar conditions in such a way that looks like you're part of the edit war (this one can even happen to experienced editors).

The justification for mistakenly banning people, on the part of site admins, is that it's far easier to keep out some online users than to deal with them [[{{Troll}} once they've]] [[GarbagePostKid made a]] [[{{Spammer}} mess]]. Related to AstroTurf, EditWar, FandomBerserkButton, FanDumb, FanHater, FlameWar, GarbagePostKid, HateDumb, InternetBackdraft, {{Spammer}}, {{Troll}}, and WikiVandal for the actions that can lead to people actually uninvolved in them being Mistakenly Banned. TheGadfly is someone who is mistaken for {{Troll}} and may be subject to this.

* On Wiki/ThisVeryWiki, your computer is running Net Nanny type software and accidentally made you a BluenoseBowdlerizer, you blank a page (or cut out a large portion of it) rather than direct it to the Administrivia/TropeRepairShop or CutList, or your writing skills are of such low quality that your edits literally cannot be understood or look like txt spk.

* On ThisVeryWiki, your computer is running Net Nanny type software and accidentally made you a BluenoseBowdlerizer, you blank a page (or cut out a large portion of it) rather than direct it to the Administrivia/TropeRepairShop or CutList, or your writing skills are of such low quality that your edits literally cannot be understood or look like txt spk.

* Your {{Twitter}} or FaceBook consisted solely of [[{{Flog}} what appeared]] [[{{Spammer}} to be advertisements]], you regularly post things the person you added doesn't [[ShockSite want]] [[TooMuchInformation to]] [[AttentionWhore see]], or you [[LoonyFan appear to be]] or [[GossipEvolution have been rumored to be]] a stalker or other threat.

* On ThisVeryWiki, your computer is running Net Nanny type software and accidentally made you a BluenoseBowdlerizer, you blank a page (or cut out a large portion of it) rather than direct it to the TropeRepairShop or CutList, or your writing skills are of such low quality that your edits literally cannot be understood or look like txt spk.

The justification for mistakenly banning people, on the part of website administrators, is that it's far easier to keep out some online users than to deal with them [[{{Troll}} once they've]] [[GarbagePostKid made a]] [[{{Spammer}} mess]]. Related to AstroTurf, EditWar, FandomBerserkButton, FanDumb, FanHater, FlameWar, GarbagePostKid, HateDumb, InternetBackdraft, {{Spammer}}, {{Troll}}, and WikiVandal for the actions that can lead to people actually uninvolved in them being Mistakenly Banned. TheGadfly is someone who is mistaken for {{Troll}} and may be subject to this.

The justification for this is that it's far easier to keep out some online users than to deal with them [[{{Troll}} once they've]] [[GarbagePostKid made a]] [[{{Spammer}} mess]]. Related to AstroTurf, EditWar, FandomBerserkButton, FanDumb, FanHater, FlameWar, GarbagePostKid, HateDumb, InternetBackdraft, {{Spammer}}, {{Troll}}, and WikiVandal for the actions that can lead to people actually uninvolved in them being Mistakenly Banned. TheGadfly is someone who is mistaken for {{Troll}} and may be subject to this.

This is a type of being ProperlyParanoid on behalf of the board ownership or the person in most instances, as it's far easier to keep out some online users than to deal with them [[{{Troll}} once they've]] [[GarbagePostKid made a]] [[{{Spammer}} mess]]. Related to AstroTurf, EditWar, FandomBerserkButton, FanDumb, FanHater, FlameWar, GarbagePostKid, HateDumb, InternetBackdraft, {{Spammer}}, {{Troll}}, and WikiVandal for the actions that can lead to people actually uninvolved in them being Mistakenly Banned. TheGadfly is someone who is mistaken for {{Troll}} and may be subject to this.

''[[ExampleSectionectomy No examples, please.]]'' - this is ''not'' a page made for whining about being banned. We don't want any flame wars, do we?

* You were [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy really]] [[WhatDidIDoLastNight drunk]] or [[MushroomSamba high]] or [[TheMentallyDisturbed having an episode of mental illness]] or [[UsefulNotes/{{Trigger}} triggered]] and got into an argument or otherwise said/posted things that you wouldn't have done sober or well.
* On ThisVeryWiki your computer is running Net Nanny type software and accidentally made you a BluenoseBowdlerizer, you blank a page (or cut out a large portion of it) rather than direct it to the TropeRepairShop or CutList, or your writing skills are of such low quality that your edits literally cannot be understood or look like txt spk.

A hybrid of both type A and type B is [[CreatorsPet appearing to be]] a SockPuppet or MeatPuppet, especially of a banned user, TheGadfly, or a {{Troll}}.

(On ThisVeryWiki we have [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=5cma6iojg5o27puhulc24sje the Edit Banned thread]] to handle such situations.)

* If the site you just registered on invokes a ban, and accepts/expects donations, then it is possibly a rort to fleece users into paying for membership. See AllegedlyFreeGame and 419Scam.

* You hit a FandomBerserkButton or said something considered to be FandomHeresy or MaliciousSlander, and got GannonBanned for it.

* You hit a FandomBerserkButton or said something considered to be FandomHeresy or MaliciousSlander.

* Someone hacked your account and/or otherwise posed as you for some reason. [[hottip:Explanation:This is actually one of the most common claims of ''actual'' {{troll}}s or other internet riffraff trying to claim innocence - unless the hacking or the impersonator was so OutOfCharacter that people immediately noticed it, you need to have an alibi almost more solid than one you'd have for court to get your account/privileges/reputation back. In the worst cases involving the more WretchedHive type locations, you can't even get the hacked/troll posts ''deleted'' even with objective proof of impersonation)]]

* Someone hacked your account and/or otherwise posed as you for some reason. [[hottip:Explanation:This is actually one of the most common claims of ''actual'' {{troll}}s or other internet riffraff trying to claim innocence - unless the hacking or the impersonator was so OutOfCharacter that people immediately noticed it, you need to have an alibi almost more solid than one you'd have for court to get your account/privileges/reputation back.)]]

* You made a GannonBanned mistake or said something considered to be FandomHeresy or MaliciousSlander.

This is a type of being ProperlyParanoid on behalf of the board ownership or the person in most instances, as it's far easier to keep out some online users than to deal with them [[{{Troll}} once they've]] [[GarbagePostKid made a]] [[{{Spammer}} mess]]. Related to AstroTurf, EditWar, FanDumb, FanHater, FlameWar, GannonBanned, GarbagePostKid, HateDumb, InternetBackdraft, {{Spammer}}, {{Troll}}, and WikiVandal for the actions that can lead to people actually uninvolved in them being Mistakenly Banned. TheGadfly is someone who is mistaken for {{Troll}} and may be subject to this.

''[[ExampleSectionectomy No examples, please.]]'' - this is ''not'' a page made for whining about being banned.

Type A is that you did something that, unknown to yourself due to [[{{Noob}} lack of experience]] made you look like trouble. In Type A, you're doing something the place or person considers wrong or a violation of netiquette, but you didn't know you were. Ways to invoke type A of this trope include...

Type B is that whatever happened was no fault of your own. Things that can lead and have led to this include:

* You were [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy really]] [[WhatDidIDoLastNight drunk]] or [[MushroomSamba high]] or [[TheMentallyDisturbed having an episode of mental illness]] or [[UsefulNotes/Trigger triggered]] and got into an argument or otherwise said/posted things that you wouldn't have done sober or well.

* You were [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy really]] [[WhatDidIDoLastNight drunk]] or [[MushroomSamba high]] or [[TheMentallyDisturbed having an episode of mental illness]] and got into an argument or otherwise said/posted things that you wouldn't have done sober or well.

* You were [[DrJekyllAndMrJackDaniels really]] [[WhatDidIDoLastNight drunk]] or [[MushroomSamba high]] or [[TheMentallyDisturbed having an episode of mental illness]] and got into an argument or otherwise said/posted things that you wouldn't have done sober or well.

* On ThisVeryWiki your computer is running Net Nanny type software and accidentally made you a BluenoseBowdlerizer.

(On ThisVeryWiki we have [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=5cma6iojg5o27puhulc24sje&page=80 the Edit Banned thread]] to handle such situations.)

A hybrid of both type A and type B is [[ShillingTheWesley appearing to be]] a SockPuppet or MeatPuppet, especially of a banned user, TheGadfly, or a {{Troll}}.

''[[Example Sectionectomy No examples, please.]]'' - this is ''not'' a page made for whining about being banned.

''NoRealLifeExamplesPlease.'' - this is ''not'' a page made for whining about being banned.