"What could mods/coords/admin possibly need to know about a member in order to "deal" with them?"

Your permanent member record (just like the one you had in school) also contains information about how you were being nice to the community by posting Star Wars items in the Free Stuff area, not knowing that Renderosity would one day clamp down on copyrighted items.
When Renderosity did clamp down, marks would put in your permanent member record for every item that you had in the Free Stuff section.
Other marks would also be added for the "Thunderbirds", "Doctor Who", "Battle of the Planets", and other items that you were nice enough to share with the community... and that you had been sharing for the previous 3 years before the copyright enforcement in the Free Stuff section.

I believe Helgard (numanoid) also got marks on his permanent member record for having "Aliens" items in the Free Stuff section. And check with TrekkieGrrl- she may have received a mark about her "Star Trek" stuff... that's right- on her permanent member record.

And I'm sure every time you argue with admin, that gets put in your... well, you know.

--John

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