Its better to send him an offline message, so it gives him time to think about it and not go crazy at the moment you break it to him. (by offline message i mean as an email, pm. Not Live.

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I would try talking to him before you delete him since it would be a bad way to resolve things after you did previous work together.

Well, that's his problem. *rolls eyes*

Just demote and Perma+IP Ban. That should at least make it somewhat more difficult for him to cause an issue. He seems to have had it coming to him....

Personally, if I have to demote a staff member, because the person did whatever bad thing when he/she was in a position of trust, that means more severe punishment for sure. In light of that, demotion = automatic ban (length may vary)

I've been in this situation before through both perspectives (but I was the good guy on both occassions).
A few years back I founded an anime fansubbing group. A recruited alot of people. A week before the first releases my assist. heads did coupe de tait and took the group away from me. A few weeks later an insider sent me an account with admin privileges to the new forum they had. I banned the little f***kers from their own site. :sigh: good times, good times.

The moral of that story was, cover all your bases.
Before you talk to him restrict his access to the Admin CP (so he can't ban your ass) and then talk to him. Tell him that you payed for everything so it is your site now, after that allow to stay as admin (but seriously powered down) or not. Also keep him on a leash for a while so you know everythings safe.

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I would take away his admin powers and , when he asks why he can not log into the admin section , tell him man to man that he need to stop acting like the full admin of the site, and he needs to gain your trust again.

So after the talk slowly give him a sertain amount of admin feature but not ones that can realy hurt the site, incase hes one of these guys that thinks sud it i will mess the site up completely.

Just to be on the safe side back teh site up everyday befor bed or somthink.

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Maybe lead him to painful power. Take off some powers each day!

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so whats the update on this? i noticed its been a while since the first post.

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Yeah, ive read this, took me a while but it is a massive problem that occurs very often.

Baiscally as a previous poster said, make sure you are the top admin and he can't delete members or you or ban you, then break the news saying i am De-Moting you to Super Mod as i feel you are leaving your trusted boundries. Just be down to earth with him, and if he reacts bad to the news and threatens you, Suspend his account, but dont ban him, let him see whats happening and what hes missing out on.

I've had Staff argue over Top Spots before, its not nice, But you have to be crewl to be Kind.
If all else fails Email him Formally telling him that you apologise for you decision but he's banned from the site untill he contacts you again understanding his position.

Hope i helped.

Andy

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