Walter,

I think you need to get your facts straight. Forgive me for quoting from an earlier post, but I think it is the best way to make clear exactly what I am referring to:

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...Thad, though, is trying my patience. Unbanning people without my input, censoring people for no reason, and then vanishing without a trace. He's sent me one message and sounded quite high faluting in it at that.
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For the record, I have unbanned NO ONE!! The only two people who were unbanned since I became a moderator were Ed and Dano and Bwildman unbanned them both.

I have censored NO ONE. To date, I have not edited or deleted a single post!

I have not "vanished without a trace". I have been here at least twice a day, everyday, since becoming a paying member.

Again, for the record, here is my PM to you. What is so "high faluting" about it?

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Subject: Just wondering...


Aloha,

Just wondering if there was anything you wanted to say to me about everything that happened last week on the GC message board or if there was anything you wanted to know. I can forward the PMs I have to/from both Bwildman and Danoschek, etc.

Also, I wouldn't mind knowing what it is that you disagree with from my "little missive" as you mentioned in your last post on the GC board. I really want to try to get along with everyone here and contribute in some small way.

Thanks,
Thad
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I could go on and quote other things you have said about me that were untrue, inaccurate, rude, and uncalled for, but I will stop here.

I don't understand why you chose to flame me in public and why you did not send me a reply to my PM. I would have preferred to discuss moderating this board in private, but we can go this route if you prefer.

I have tried to be a good moderator. Obviously, this board is more difficult to moderate than many of the others, but it is also more enjoyable?/informative/interesting to read than most. I guess we have to take the good with the bad.

Whenever I have done something as mod., I have made a post indicating what and why.

Two weeks ago, I got Dano to promise to keep his posts on topic after Bwildman unbanned, then hid him AND sent me a PM saying I had his blessing to unhide him. Dano's posts have at least been as on topic as anyone else's lately and they have been clearer than usual. (Thanks, Dano.)

I posted a yesterday asking for people's input on whether I should step in, try to get people's posts more on topic, etc. I got only one reply, so my conclusion is that most people seem to prefer all the posts, even the OT ones, so I did not take any action. There was some cursing and there were some insults, but I believe they have all either been deleted or edited (and not by me).

Walter, I don't understand what it is about me that seems to have so angry. You have threatened to ban me on more than one occasion since I became a mod. You have accused me of doing things that I have not. I am undeserving of any of that!!

Thad