Hilarious and Theymos
I respect you guys and I fully understand where youre coming from. However, youve both stated youd be willing to let a member back who you feel would contribute positively moving forward (likely with stipulations). Besides my lapse in common sense one day..Ive done nothing but try and contribute positively here. Plenty of it being pre-signature days too. So..put me to the test!! Fuck my signature, hell ban me from it for good. Give me a chance and I will still be here, still contributing, whether now or a year from now. Easy promise I can make/keep.
Contact theymos and see if he can implement a specific signature ban for you instead and reinstate your account. This is something he said he might implement a while ago (and I'm sure he could do individual ones now in certain cases). A signature ban would probably be more appropriate in certain situations and especially to those who are going to contribute in other ways whilst removing the possibility of earning here (which is probably a significant punishment in itself).
Maybe signatures of spammers/plagiarisers should be removed indefinitely or removed until they've achieved x amount of merit then they're reinstated. Most users probably won't bother and just abandon the account but for those who aren't here just to earn and are willing to contribute maybe that would be a sufficient penance for their 'crime'.