[Carl Copeland]

Originally Posted by Julie Steiner

The other Shakespearean was MUCH more unpleasant and combative. ... Eventually he dared the mods and administrators to ban him ... and I assume his wish was granted.

Was P. actually banned? He claimed the Sphere banned dissenters from the party line and seemed genuinely surprised that he hadn’t been. The next day I saw him lurking, and then he disappeared. He was asking for it, but I can never figure out how real all the ban stories are.

[Julie Steiner]

I don't know. If P. was banned, he's probably waving it around as a badge of martyrdom, and we don't have to put up with his contempt for us petty, two-bit poets and our petty, two-bit site rules anymore. A happy outcome for all.

The Eratosphere guidelines say:

Engaging in actions which disrupt the functioning of any forum and/ or any Moderator (including making posts which, though not necessarily ad hominem, frequently trigger contentious discussion threads) may result in the suspension of Membership or a permanent ban.

N. hasn't come anywhere near crossing that sort of line. I do wonder why he is workshopping his poems here if he doesn't really care what we think about them, but that certainly won't get him kicked out. It might make a lot of readers less likely to waste their time commenting on his next poem, though.