"If those "buddies" had been banned, why the need to repost the last two articles into a new one and turn off commenting? If anything, just delete all the comments (some of which were way over the line) and turn off future commenting in those threads?"

This was not Bill's idea. It was mine. If you hadn't already guessed it, this is not Bill posting, its the site admin. Bill has his own personal account for posting.

The problem with just deleting all the comments is after a post it is deleted and a notice is put in its place saying it has been deleted and for no reason. This is a design choice by the software that powers the comments system. It can't be avoided. More questions would have been asked to those not following what was going on if posts had been deleted and no reason given.

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No one has hacked the site. Just a child and their buddies posting under multiple accounts. They've been banned permanently from posting.

T&R welcomes opinion and posts by visitors, but spamming, identify theft, or personal attacks are not acceptable.

All comments will now be moderated before posting for the time being. This will eventually be lifted. We do not wish to do this. It is unfortunate a few bad apples have to spoil everything for everyone else.

@diehardleafsfan

You are welcome to your opinion and to posting, but spamming the comments system and attacking other users is not welcome. You've been warned. If you continue in this way a timed or permanent ban will be put in place. Thanks.