Is that right, Thad? Hmm, then I stand in error here. Perhaps bwildman will explain his re-instating of those two without conferring with me then. I apologize for assuming it was you, though he did complain to me just recently about banning danoschek and you re-instating him! Whatever is going on here and why haven't you guys sent me messages before doing anything? He said you twice in the recent past have unhidden danoschek after he put him on hide. Is this true? If so, then you've lied. If not, then bwildman is misleading me. A public forum it shall be, since neither of you has felt the need to send me messages prior to any action that either of you may, or may not have taken. It's too bad that the banning/hiding of posters to the board doesn't have a history so that I could verify the tales I'm being told. Not that it'd matter all that much. This seems so petty at times, yet it has importance in ways I'm still trying to fathom. Maybe I should ask danoschek about who put him on hide, but we're not on speaking terms. Plus, I believe there's no way he'd know since there's three of us now and no one to point a finger at for sure.
The old saying, "When there's more than one person responsible, no one is at fault." seems to hold true still. Though I've lost authority having you two as moderators, it's saved me from having to constantly monitor this board and worry about things in my absence. Then again, having you two onboard has caused me nothing but worry and consternation!
So bwildman, why'd you re-instate them right after becoming moderator? And why have you put danoschek on hide? Thad, why unhide him? What's the deal? Who's been censoring people? Did ughaibu really post all those swear words and mean posts as Ed says he did? If so, why wasn't he banned along with his messages being deleted? Couldn't the messages and him have been put on hide until I had a chance to come online and read them? And again, why wasn't I sent a message about it?
Before I change the setting to "All posts must be approved" and ruin the atmosphere of this board, I'd like an honest accounting of your guy's actions. If you'd rather give up your positions as moderators, I will search for a replacement or two. I now realize that I can't cover this board 24 hours a day, nor can I even do it every day. So I rather have moderators that leave well enough alone, but will step in when the need arises. Kind of like how Fencer does it. Lots of pushing and shoving, but a hands off approach until forced into action. This pre-emptive stuff ain't cutting it in my book. Sounds like you are now taking this approach Thad, but I'm still not sure what's what. Instead of banning you, maybe it should be bwildman that is banned?

This computer seems to be holding up now. I've finally moved in all my games, and might be able to research the Bird's/Capablanca/Gothic Chess deal. I would've liked to have read the posts that had the links before they were deleted on the other sites. If anyone has the text or knows where the posts were moved to, please send me the information. Regardless of how I feel about the patenting of Gothic Chess, it will help it survive if it can get through the ordeal and critisms the skeptical people have towards the ownership of it and who just want to play a good game. After seeing Fencer add a whole bunch of new games, I am still hopeful that Ultima might be added some day. This Grand Chess sounds like a fun game. Any chance of adding it to the site? I suppose that's a question for the request board, eh?

Thanks all for your indulgence. Hope to hear from the other moderators soon. Publically to explain themselves, and then privately to figure out what to do. Thanks again.