Miscellaneous Hacks - Ban Me

<a href="https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=155636" target="_blank">Here is the request thread</a>

Description
This is automatically ban the user who submits their post with "[ban_me]" anywhere in the message.

Install
ACP --> Plugins & Products --> Manage Products --> [Add/Import Product]
Browse to "product-banme_prank.xml" and click "Import".

Settings
ACP --> vBulletin Options -> Ban Me Prank

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This is optional but recommend if you want better results.

ACP --> Custom BB Codes --> Add New BB Code

Title: Ban Me
Tag: ban_me
Replacement: {param}
Example: [ban_me]some text[/ban_me]
Description: You will be automatically banned if you use this bbcode

You can download the attached image, upload it to your site and type the URL into the field for the button image.

[harmor19]

As mentioned above this was a request. You can read the thread requesting this modification here

[Spermy]

Is it temp or perm?

[KHALIK]

Imagine the admin types ban me by error!

lol, that would be funny.

[harmor19]

Originally Posted by Spermy

Is it temp or perm?

It can be permanent since the user is placed in the "Banned" usergroup. The administrator can search for the user and place him/her into their previous usergroup. This script does not record the user's current usergroup prior to being placed into the "Banned" usergroup so you may have a problem forgetting which users go into which usergroups.

Originally Posted by KHALIK

Imagine the admin types ban me by error!

lol, that would be funny.

Actually someone needs to type "[ban_me]" not "ban me".

[ice chrono]

haha Thanks man it's going to be fun next April fools

[johnrizz]

Hahaha! I love it! **installed** I'll click install just to see what will happen. lol!

[Trillian]

I have users on my forum who would actually use this. We often get requests by users to be banned so they aren't tempted to waste a lot of time browsing when they need to get other stuff done. They'll email the admins when they are ready to come back. Crazy, but true!

I think this is a good one for a prank, but I think I'd need something more like an option in their UserCP. I can live without that Mod, but if it was a true option, our users would use it.

[bdude]

It would be good to maybe have a page where a user can select how long they want to be banned, rather than making useless threads/posts

[Shazz]

Its a prank??