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[The Giant]

As near as I can tell, the banner is worse than the site itself. Weird.

Anyway, bid canceled. If the advertiser wants to try again with a less NSFW ad, they can. If they return with the same or worse banner, report it again and I'll block them entirely.

[Hazzardevil]

1.) Date and Time the ad was visible 09:07 GMT
2.) Region Europe
3.) Location of Ad Top box
4.) Brief description of objectionable content Banner ad claims to to let you play some sort of Tribal Wars-esque MMO, instead it directs you to a website that claims you have won something. Does this everytime.

[happyturtle]

Originally Posted by Hazzardevil

1.) Date and Time the ad was visible 09:07 GMT
2.) Region Europe
3.) Location of Ad Top box
4.) Brief description of objectionable content Banner ad claims to to let you play some sort of Tribal Wars-esque MMO, instead it directs you to a website that claims you have won something. Does this everytime.

Ad wording for identification purposes: "You think you can beat me! I doubt it - I'm the best there is"

[Boci]

Originally Posted by Hazzardevil

1.) Date and Time the ad was visible 09:07 GMT
2.) Region Europe
3.) Location of Ad Top box
4.) Brief description of objectionable content Banner ad claims to to let you play some sort of Tribal Wars-esque MMO, instead it directs you to a website that claims you have won something. Does this everytime.

The ad also provoked a "Maliscious URL Blocked" from my avast.

[The Giant]

OK, I apparently missed this one and now I can't find it in PW's system. It's possible that they were booted from PW altogether if they were advertising like that on other sites too. If it shows up again, please report it again and I'll block it then.

[Lyndworm]

1.) Date and time ad was visible: March 16th, 6:19 AM (Central Time/GMT -6).
2.) Region: USA.
3.) Location of ad: Bottom box.
4.) Brief description of objectionable content: The ad itself, though far from offensive to me, personally, references modern religion. It features a flying swaddled baby in red on a pink background, with purple lettering in the foreground indicating SUPER BABY JESUS while the baby himself proclaims "it's a comic with jokes too." The site seems completely legitimate and otherwise SFW.

[Snowbody]

1.) Date and time ad was visible: 11:00 PM EDT
2.) Region (Pick one: USA, Canada, Europe, or Rest of the World): USA
3.) Location of ad (Top box or bottom box): Top box
4.) Brief description of objectionable content (including a name or other identifying characteristic): "TKT 10 Years" with a Godzilla head. Comic is not PG-13 according to http://belfrycomics.net/ent/1803

[The Giant]

The line is not PG-13 or not PG-13, it's SFW or NSFW. As in, can it be viewed on a monitor in such a way that someone looking over your shoulder will see something that will get you fired. TKT features a lot of foul language and rubber monster figurines beating each other up. It's not NSFW, as far as I can tell.

[Hbgplayer]

1) Date and time ad was visible: 6:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time (GMT -7)
2) Region: USA
3) Location of Ad: Top Box
4) Brief description of objectionable content (including a name or other identifying characteristic): The ad is talking about erotic Harry Potter Fanfiction. I am sitting in my college's library, so I'm not going to visit the actual site.

[Lyndworm]

For clarity's sake, I'm a reader of the webcomic discussed above. The site itself has little to no NSFW material, either in text or image.

[douglas]

Originally Posted by Hbgplayer

1) Date and time ad was visible: 6:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time (GMT -7)
2) Region: USA
3) Location of Ad: Top Box
4) Brief description of objectionable content (including a name or other identifying characteristic): The ad is talking about erotic Harry Potter Fanfiction. I am sitting in my college's library, so I'm not going to visit the actual site.

If you are referring to the ad currently up with the "This gets awesome a few pages in, stick around" quote, or one of the few others I've seen for the same site (a webcomic called Wizard School), you're misinterpreting the quote in a way that is not warranted based on the site's actual content. The webcomic is not erotic. One early sequence heads in that direction, but stops far short of getting explicit, and that approach has not yet been repeated.

If you're talking about some other ad, then I don't think I've seen it.

[TheCountAlucard]

Originally Posted by douglas

If you are referring to the ad currently up with the "This gets awesome a few pages in, stick around" quote, or one of the few others I've seen for the same site (a webcomic called Wizard School)...

Hmm, no, I don't think he is. I'm seeing the Harry Potter thing, too.

[Lyndworm]

I read both comics, and they are two separate entities (though neither site nor either ad gives any cause for alarm, in my opinion).

[The Giant]

OK, I've found the ad in question (which is no longer displaying but still has an active bid). I've checked out the comic thoroughly and there's no actual erotic Harry Potter fanfiction, just a comic in which someone says they write that, which is far tamer. So, no action taken.

[TheCountAlucard]

I'll admit, I didn't check out the link; I was just saying that he wasn't alone in seeing it.

[The Glyphstone]

1) Date and time ad was visible: 10:40 AM EST (GMT -5), April 6th 2012.
2) Region: USA
3) Location of Ad: Top Box
4) Brief description of objectionable content (including a name or other identifying characteristic): Large banner with the text "Atheist? You're not alone." Mouseover text ""You're not alone. Atheism is becoming more popular." Clear violation of the board's Inappropriate Topics.

[Lycan 01]

1.) Date and time ad was visible: 9:42 PM (-5 GMT) on April 6, 2012.
2.) Region (Pick one: USA, Canada, Europe, or Rest of the World): USA
3.) Location of ad (Top box or bottom box): Top box.
4.) Brief description of objectionable content (including a name or other identifying characteristic): Ad has words "ATHEIST? You're not alone." This is quite certainly a violation of GitP's rules about religious content.

[Ursus the Grim]

Originally Posted by The Glyphstone

1) Date and time ad was visible: 10:40 AM EST (GMT -5), April 6th 2012.
2) Region: USA
3) Location of Ad: Top Box
4) Brief description of objectionable content (including a name or other identifying characteristic): Large banner with the text "Atheist? You're not alone." Mouseover text ""You're not alone. Atheism is becoming more popular." Clear violation of the board's Inappropriate Topics.

Supplementary information

The link leads you to an Amazon.com listing for "The God Delusion". While no one should be offended by the presence of Atheists, the mere description of the book is more than offensive to a large number of people.

[Saposhiente]

1.) Date and time ad was visible: While I'm posting this (hooray for timestamp conveniently located at the top left)
2.) Region: USA
3.) Location of ad (Top box or bottom box): Top
4.) Brief description of objectionable content (including a name or other identifying characteristic): Says that you can "Become a baby, retain your adult knowledge," presumably to make skeptical viewers go ಠ_ಠ and check out the obvious scam site; is actually selling an unrelated novel.

[Jimor]

Originally Posted by Saposhiente

1.) Date and time ad was visible: While I'm posting this (hooray for timestamp conveniently located at the top left)
2.) Region: USA
3.) Location of ad (Top box or bottom box): Top
4.) Brief description of objectionable content (including a name or other identifying characteristic): Says that you can "Become a baby, retain your adult knowledge," presumably to make skeptical viewers go ಠ_ಠ and check out the obvious scam site; is actually selling an unrelated novel.

No, the ad simply reflects the sci-fi concept of the novel. Somebody whose life is so miserable that they use the service being "offered" in the ad we see.

[The Giant]

Baby ad is be fine; selling a novel is not an "obvious scam" no matter how weird the ad campaign for it us.

Atheism ad is canceled; advertiser has not been blocked because it's the same person as the baby ad (which says to me that they are capable of running ads that do not violate our policies). I've contacted them regarding our policies on religion, so if the atheism ad shows up again, please report it and the advertiser will be permanently blocked.

[TheCountAlucard]

1.) Date and time ad was visible: 8:29 PM.
2.) Region: USA
3.) Location of ad (Top box or bottom box): Top
4.) Brief description of objectionable content (including a name or other identifying characteristic): Shows a picture of a wizardy-looking fellow, a d20, and "Why Playing D&D is Better Than Being an ***hole."

Also, something from the site linked keeps trying to run some sort of software.

[Squark]

1.) Date and time ad was visible: 2:52 PM US Central Time
2.) Region: USA
3.) Location of ad (Top box or bottom box): Top
4.) Brief description of objectionable content (including a name or other identifying characteristic): Advertisement for Sandra and Woo. Comic itself is fine, but the use of the term "Religious Nutjobs" is almost certainly a violation of forum policy.

[The Giant]

OK, bid canceled. I sent a message to the artist saying that she could re-bid as long as her new ad doesn't feature religion in any way.

Sorry it was displayed for so long; for some reason, my email notification on posts to this thread didn't alert me right away.

[Roland St. Jude]

Sheriff: Please don't report ads that have already been reported. Also, please don't conduct other chatter in this thread.

[happyturtle]

1.) Date and time ad was visible: May 5, 2012, 6:22 AM GMT
2.) Region (Pick one: USA, Canada, Europe, or Rest of the World): Europe
3.) Location of ad (Top box or bottom box): Bottom
4.) Brief description of objectionable content (including a name or other identifying characteristic): Likely scam. "Complete Newbie makes $161.58 in one hour flat! Watch Now!"

[The Giant]

Ad blocked, advertiser banned.

[Eledragon]

1.) Date and Time the ad was visible 5:34 P.M. GMT-8
2.) Region USA
3.) Location of Ad Top bar
4.) Brief description of objectionable content contains explicit content, titled "Banished" on a space-ey background.

[Castaras]

What questionable content? The only thing is a pissed off woman who's been involved in an explosion of some kind.

[The Bushranger]

If you consider that "explict", I have some bad news for you...