Meanwhile, I believe that the reason that would make a good hero account like that of Op to be banned should be strong and convincing. Besides, if I am a judge, I can pardon a mistake make 4years ago and then place the account on probation, which will then get banned if there is a slight sign of further violation.
I've never seen anyone with an ban evasion get unbaned, but I've seen forum contributors forgiven after being banned for plagiarism. These are resolved case by case, but obviously not all of them.
Yea, they are resolved case by case and the few lucky ones to be unbanned after commiting plagiarism presented their case as;
1. Newbie Mistakes
2. Not intended to steal or make money out of it.
3. Must have contributed obviously to the growth of the forum.
In the case of ban evasion, if the offenders present a strong case based on the aforelisted items, they could get chances of being unbanned as well.
Well, she has already been offered an option in this thread:
Good to know, sorry I didn't follow up the thread post by post.
If the option is signature ban or something more lenient, Op should gladly accept then.