[stardotstar]

then just put the report post graphic(and link) in an if statement to not display it to the yellowcard usergroup.

That's what I did, its in my first post. I only posted because I thought it might help others and on googling it I saw people had run into the problem but not posted a solution.

if(is_member_of($bbuserinfo,  X, Y, Z))
{
    $show['reportlink'] = false;
}

James, this is another really great way of doing it - I assume this is the flag that is set for guests and other groups who shouldn't be able to report - thank you.

As for disabling post reports from people who are already too much hard work - all I wanted to do was give people no alternative but sit on the bench for a few days or a week without being completely excluded.

It may not work but seems to have been well received in principal by the mod team.

Certainly won't suit all.

I don't want this to become some kind of contentious issue. I just thought it might be an interesting take on what might be a common problem.