In the interests of openness and accountability, this topic will be kept as a log of any accounts cautioned, suspended or banned, for how long and why. All moderators have the ability to suspend users but not delete or remove users. Final decisions rest with Admin.
At present, the forum policy is that no individual should ever be banned but suspended accounts are required to agree to the forum guidelines before rejoining the Forum. Suspension is offered as a "cooling off" period for the individual and forum as whole. A unwillingness to respond to administration requests will be taken as a refusal and cause an automatic suspension. If the member does not respond specifically to an administration request, their membership will remain suspended infinitely.
All members are afforded personal anonymity but are required to identify which usergroup (or non-group) they belong to. Members will never be required and are advised not disclose their personal identity to any other member, moderator or bulletin board system operator unless they so wish themselves.
The forum membership process does require individuals to state which group they wish to join. Failure to do so will mean membership is refused or suspended. Requiring members to respond is used as a way to filter out spammer's accounts and general forum trolls.
If members wish to comment, criticize or appeal against person or third party suspensions etc; please do below, or by email to; info@brahmakumaris.info. The following log documents all user management in no particular order of either severity nor chronology.
Limitations in order of seriousness from the least serious to the most serious;
"Status: active" means the user can post without restrictions. All account suspended and moderators on BrahmaKumaris.Info have been restored in order to post at BK-PBK.Info and moderation records removed.
Advisory limitations
• shivsena - status: account active/no action taken
• bro neo - status: account active
• clearernow - status: de-activated, required to accept terms and conditions again
• quantum - status: de-activated, required to accept terms and conditions again
• pbkdivya - status: account suspended
• riveros11- status: account suspended
• mokshakiprapti - status: account suspended
• Vishnu Party Ahmedabad - status: no action
At present, the forum policy is that no individual should ever be banned but suspended accounts are required to agree to the forum guidelines before rejoining the Forum. Suspension is offered as a "cooling off" period for the individual and forum as whole. A unwillingness to respond to administration requests will be taken as a refusal and cause an automatic suspension. If the member does not respond specifically to an administration request, their membership will remain suspended infinitely.
All members are afforded personal anonymity but are required to identify which usergroup (or non-group) they belong to. Members will never be required and are advised not disclose their personal identity to any other member, moderator or bulletin board system operator unless they so wish themselves.
The forum membership process does require individuals to state which group they wish to join. Failure to do so will mean membership is refused or suspended. Requiring members to respond is used as a way to filter out spammer's accounts and general forum trolls.
If members wish to comment, criticize or appeal against person or third party suspensions etc; please do below, or by email to; info@brahmakumaris.info. The following log documents all user management in no particular order of either severity nor chronology.
Limitations in order of seriousness from the least serious to the most serious;
- a) advisory - public request
b) deactivated - account requires manual reactivation by user re-accepting stated forum policies (user managed).
c) suspensions - for a limit period or requiring acceptance of forum policies by user (Admin managed).
d) ban - final decision (Admin managed).
"Status: active" means the user can post without restrictions. All account suspended and moderators on BrahmaKumaris.Info have been restored in order to post at BK-PBK.Info and moderation records removed.
Advisory limitations
• shivsena - status: account active/no action taken
- Requested not to keep making new topics on identical subject matters appearing to dominate PBK forum with POV. Given own topic.
- Requested on numerous occasions to keep 'on topic', 'on forum' and not abuse the 'rich media' facilities of the forum, e.g. limited to use of smilies and embedded videos.
• bro neo - status: account active
- Cautioned for making public private messages and not responding to Admin requests. Asked to provide supporting evidence for the more serious allegations against the BKWSU. 'Off forum' topics quarantined to own topic.
• clearernow - status: de-activated, required to accept terms and conditions again
• quantum - status: de-activated, required to accept terms and conditions again
- Repeating false statements to discredit the forum, breaching member's right to anonymity
Quantum has taken offence as their posts being spellcheck and moved, and claims that posts of theirs have been deleted. They have been provided with the most recent moderator logs to prove this is not true, but continue to make false allegations (consecutive posts of theirs have been merged, and off topic posts moved to correct topics, but no content removed).
• pbkdivya - status: account suspended
- Please contact the moderator when requested.
- Apparent troll, non-BKWSU related. Standard of English insufficient.
- Vashnavite devotee, posts too far 'off forum' and 'off topic'. Made multiple membership attempts. Standard of English insufficient.
- Standard of English insufficient, or unwilling to correct improve own posts. Account restored at BK-PBK.Info.
- Indiscriminate use of adult language. Given own topic to for others to discuss user's conduct.
• riveros11- status: account suspended
- Made efforts to expose identity of other forum member. Refused to accept by reply forum guidelines (Anonymity of contributors).
- Off topic posts. Refused to accept by reply forum guidelines (Keep on topic). Offered moderatorship (Offer refused by member).
- Completely ignored administration correspondence relating to personal issues arising from the recent split of forum into ex-BK and BK/PBK forums (user wishes to post pro-BKWSU on ex-BK forum).
Numerous attempts at direct personal mediation were attempted but completely ignored by user. Bansy has gone on to post factually erroneous material seeking to damage this forum elsewhere and has continued in a campaign against it.
- Refused requested to post extensive pro-BK related topics on BK forum.
Posted private messages onto the forum to cause disruption against forum policy (Private messages are private).
Banished-BK yet still BK supporter engaging in campaign to discredit this forum with Bansy.
- Issues relating to Clause 4 of our Codes of Ethics; publishing false claims, disallowing an official response by banning and refusing to ensure BK supporters substantiate false allegations in their campaign to discredit this forum.
Suspension to be lifted when allowing an equivalent rights to make an official response.
- Off topic posts. No interest in nor involvement with Brahma Kumaris.
Single purpose account; defender of 'The Reach Approach', a personal growth business run by an ex-BK or BKWSU associate.
• mokshakiprapti - status: account suspended
- Suspended for refusing Admin requests to identify which group/religion/practise they were promoting. Rejoined as beejroop (Vishnu Party).
- Suspended for using multiple user accounts, flame warring other members. Off topic posts. Refused to accept by reply forum guidelines (Crossposting identical messages). Spamming forum members via private messages/advertising. Raj believes everyone in the world can hear his thoughts and he is the chosen Chariot of god.
The Vishnu Party appear to be engaged in a long term strategy to discredit the PBKs which has now extended to attacking the credibility of this forum.
- Suspended for using multiple user accounts, flame warring PBK members. User Sanjeev considers himself to be the reincarnation of Lekhraj Kirpalani and the appointed Chariot of god. Has Vishnu Party connections.
- Suspended for attacking a newcomer/exiting BK by making personal attacks on the basis that others were using multiple identities, when they were not, and yet himself using multiple identities. Also posts as hugh man. Use of aggressive and sexually abusive language to PBK Sister.
- PBK member wishing to discuss Gyan, arguing against the terms and conditions.
• Vishnu Party Ahmedabad - status: no action
- Flame warring by Vishnu Party members