[Suggestion] Ban Length Adjustment Feature

[Knight Rider Info]

Hi guys,

My suggestion is, to implement a feature in phpBB3 that lets an Admin or Moderator change the length of a ban without unbanning the user and banning them again.
Along with that feature, if the ban length is changed an email should automatically be sent, to the user, stating that there ban length was changed to [Whatever the new length is]

[Jessica.]

I support

[MichaelC]

+1.

[imkingdavid]

Would the adjustment add onto the current ban or would it simply be changing the end date? EDIT: to clarify, would it add the full adjusted length to the end of the current ban length, or would it simply change the end date to the new length?

[A_Jelly_Doughnut]

Either way as long as the choice is explained in the UI.

[brunoais]

I'm ok with that.

[1982 Charger]

Would the adjustment add onto the current ban or would it simply be changing the end date? EDIT: to clarify, would it add the full adjusted length to the end of the current ban length, or would it simply change the end date to the new length?

I believe the idea of this suggestion was, for example let's say a user is banned for 7 days.
This change would allow a Moderator to change the length, to 1 month, and it would be like banning the user all over again.
It would change the expiry date, but it would not add to the current ban length.
So the old ban was 7 days, and after changing the ban length, it would be one month.

And an automated email would be dispatched to the user, stating their ban length has been changed.

Example:

You are receiving this email because an Administrator or Moderator has changed your ban length from {OLD_EXPIRY_DATE} to {NEW_EXPIRY_DATE}

Thanks,

The Management

The {OLD_EXPIRY_DATE} and {NEW_EXPIRY_DATE} are just examples and would be replaced with the correct item.

[Pony99CA]

Does phpBB currently send E-mail to a user when he is banned informing him of the ban length? If not, there's no reason to send an E-mail when the ban length is changed.

Does phpBB currently show a banned user the length of the ban if they try to log in? If so, maybe we change the message to indicate that the length of the ban was increased or decreased; otherwise there's no need to notify him at all (other than maybe changing the ban reason to indicate that).

Steve

[1982 Charger]

phpBB does not currently send a user any emails at all, when a user has been banned, I believe.
When trying to log into, a banned account, it gives them an information page, saying how long they're banned for, to contact the board admin for more info, the ban reason, and on the bottom it italics how the ban was issued: Username, IP Address, or Email

I believe.
I'm not familiar with phpBB, but I got this info from a friend who has a phpBB Board, and is registered, on a phpBB Board, and has seen the banned screen at least once