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Back in the early 1M days (2010-2011) forum fellows such as for example Dackelone, eeghie, ozinaldo, M3 Adjuster, Dee Pee, Aussie_in_London, EINSER M, ayao, myself and many other forum fellows tried to gather loads of information, discovering all things 1M. Alike early settlers of 'La Santa ///Maria' discovering new land overseas, trying to unearth all sorts of 1M facts, experiences and stories. Virtually all of that can still be retrieved in the 1M section archives and stickies. IEDEI joined in 2013 (USA), became very active in the 1M section and wanted to know everything about the 1M. He bought a VO 1M in 2014 (see here) and enjoyed going through, as well as adding input to, the 1M 'library vaults' over here. We had mutual respect and interesting discussions. So, yes, he is definitely very knowledgeable and passionate about the 1M. And I do recall that he expressed the idea to write a book about the 1M someday. Unfortunately, in 2014 he got temporary banned by the powers that be (see for example here). Main reason, AFAIK: in his comments he sometimes got very defensive about the 1M, a staunch 1M defender who sometimes pushed the envelope with 'spicy' comments about other BMW models. And later he got another temporary ban. Late January 2016 I posted the following supportive post (which was deleted, together with the complete thread): Quote:
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Wow! Some serious history here.
Well, he seems to be alive and well and a very active member of the group....pretty sure he started it on FB. In any case, you and others should join! Maybe he will be able to gather some details about production numbers while he research's his book??? |
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You can do your own math, or start pulling build sheets on your own. The VIN ranges are UR91 VP74900=>VP75399 VS62500=>VS64399 VU18100=>VU18199 VU25800=>VU27454 UR92 VP75400=>VP75899 VS71700=>VS72099 VU28100=>VU28403 UR93 VP75900=>VP76399 VS96400=>VS96599 VT47600=>VT47882 Oh, and the official press release car is acutally a 135i test mule with the VIN VE99659 |
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Back to the original question on the thread, I'm down for the decal #/740. Seems fine to me. If that represents # sold or at least the generally accepted #. After all, who is going to call you out on it?
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That's fine, but we are not certain which 21 VINs should be excluded from the 761 total produced to get to that arbitrary total. That means I can't tell you what your exact sequence number is out of 740. We can tell you with certainty if you want to know xxx of 761.
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Hey guys!
Quick update...Mike from AutoXgraphics is having a hard time putting this together due to the M Colors. He is going to try a few options and get back to me. However, he's going to do that when he has some free time. It would be easy if everything could just be one color....black, white, orange ect. However, doing the M Color is a challenge.....really it's all 3 colors together is the difficult part with what equipment he has to work with. Will update again when I hear back from him! |
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So tell us Artemis was it " likely" a temporary ban or was it ACTUALLY a temporary ban? There are currently 8 moderators in the M2 forums. Dackelone ; southlight ; @Sam@bimmerpost ; @Paul-Bracq-BMW ; mkoesel ; GT3 Tim ; Law and yourself. it shouldn't be that hard to confirm why @IEDEI was banned.. (AND BY WHOM) as well as posting what forum rule it was that he violated.. Assuming that there actually was a rules violation and it wasn't simply being booted by a " moderator" that's too overly sensitive to allow free speech? (read:" BUTTHURT by negative comments about the M2) . So.. Who are the " powers that be" that are unnamed above or are the aforementioned powers that be, simply Bimmerpost " moderators " those that hide behind skirts using anonymity and deleted posts.. ? Moreover.. if there was no actual violation of a posted forum rule... and he was banned for zero cause by a butthurt moderator.. I have no idea why IEDEI would ever return to this forum after such treatment. |
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For starters, you would have to have consistently broken forum rules (i.e., personal attacks, nudity, etc.) on multiple occasions (often after ignoring warnings or prior infractions) to be subject to a ban. Of course, this also depends on severity. If your behavior is completely overboard (i.e., angrily written direct racist attack combined with other insults on another member), then at that point, you probably deserve an outright ban. Spam/spam bots, fraudulent accounts, impersonators, and persons with duplicate accounts would be examples of instances where a user would be subject to a permanent ban without warning. For everyone else, I can't recall an instance where a moderator got "butthurt" and utilized his powers to ban a member as retaliation. Of course, moderators are humans too with our own opinions (as you may sometimes see in our posts), but when it comes to forum rules and the heated debates and arguments that have to be dealt with, moderators have to act impartially, and objectively. We may post our 2 cents and opinions and may even disagree with some members in ordinary discussion, but when it comes to moderation duties, they are two separate things. Moderation comes down to good forum discourse and forum rules. Therefore, no matter how much a member has contributed, or how much he may be valued in a particular forum/community, moderators cannot and will not turn a blind eye to cases that are violative of forum rules. So back to the topic at hand, IEDEI was permanently banned from this forum because he violated forum rules: inciting remarks, personal attacks, etc. This wasn't a case of a moderator overstepping boundaries, as IEDEI was given plenty of chances to correct his behavior, but chose to continue to be a disruption.
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2. As Law righteously pointed out, moderators try to address questionable situations (which were brought to their attention or which they noticed themselves) with common sense, impartiality and fairness in the light of the house rules. Facts of life: choices are inevitable, nobody's perfect and one cannot please everyone. Many forum fellows = many personalities, each with their personal ways of expressing their views. Mutual respect is key to keeping this forum a good place. Otherwise the atmosphere within the community could rapidly turn toxic. 3. There is some indulgence/leniency regarding freedom of speech on this forum. Discussions may be intense, but there are limits which most people experience as a line that should not be crossed (for example a racist comment is outright unacceptable: zero tolerance). Allow me to let you in on a secret: it already happened that some forum fellow 'suggested' to moderators to ban you, further to comments that you had made. So far the suggestions were dismissed: being a tad grumpy or abrasive so now and then, ain't necessary being a 'nuisance'. Through your comments I always experienced you as an OK guy. But, hey, don't push it now that you know that.
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Not to change the subject, although quite interesting and I can vouch for this gentleman as he runs the Facebook 1M page and is currently in talks with BMW on writing a book about the 1M.
Honestly feel we are missing out on having him here on the forum with his wealth of knowledge and even more with the exciting book he is working on. However, back to the main point of this thread. Mike is going to send me a prototype of the interior sticker and I will share as soon as I receive them. Hope they turn out nice 🤞 |
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I appreciate the response however. It's nice that YOU believe that " moderators try to address questionable situations with common sense.. " . however... what is patently obvious .. is that decisions are not based on moderator GROUP THINK.. ... in other words.. there appears to be no STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE when it comes to disciplinary action including bans. Again.. I am pointing out to you that your statement above IS IN ERROR, because I have experienced something that is NOT in line with your belief. Here is an example of how I would have hoped things like this would be handled.. For example. Moderator receives info on possible infraction by a member. Moderator reviews to determine if infraction occurred. Moderator NOTES on a register or log that an infraction occurred and then notifies the member via warning or some other method. I would think that a roll or account of how discipline is handed out would be in existence. I would think that a BAN of a person would need a decision that is made by more than just a SINGLE individual.. however clearly that is not the case. So.. as I stated previously.. if a moderator or administrator gets BUTTHURT.. then they can ban someone without anyone else knowing. Sure doesn't seem like an open/transparent method does it? Last edited by M3 Adjuster; 10-23-2018 at 06:21 PM.. |
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Tell IEDEI that M3 Adjuster says hello. I am happy to see that he has moved on. Sorry, I am not on the FACE SPACE by choice, so I will not be joining in order to be in his 1M group there. And YES.. of course we are missing his input here... the " powers that be" are simply ummm... apparently not able to sit down properly still when thinking of @[IEDEI] Back on topic is just fine.... The decals are awesome.. I very much like mine. (contact:209581) |
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As I said, mutual respect.
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