> > Could someone tell us how many people were put on moderation last year?

> It's either three or four.

One was Olin as already wellllllllllllllllllllllllllllll discussed.

Maybe over a year now:
One was a relative newcomer who got into abusive fire fights with
various people.
Continued to contribute happily enough.
No longer active AFAIK - moved country and probably changed activities
too - but seemed to fade away amicably

One was similar to above.
Newcomer. Opinionated. Abusive fire fights.
Accepted moderation with a good grace.
Capable & promising person and pleasant and respectful when not
engaging in fire fights :-).
Still occasionally active. Interests lie more elsewhere.

One other I can think of.
Short term.
Complex and best discussed.
They may decide to comment - I'd suggest it be left as bygones as very
little positive is liable to come from dredging such things up.
I'll say as a personal opinion that admins could probably have done
better as a group in that case.

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FWIW: I can think of few others prior to that.
(Perhaps 2 but I suspect they were the same person)
Experienced member and capable in first incarnation.
Prone to occasional extreme stances - easily provoked to fire fights.
Was cunningly rapidly would up to explosion point by various people.
Not heard of for some while.
MAY be active under an alias.

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I was moderated for a while in James's time :-).
Coz I was thought to have (all in one post) 1. made political comment
on Californian politics (that was news to me :-), 2. criticised NASA,
and 3. said that the old cannot kill the young forever. The latter is
poltical in the right context and a truism otherwise and was not the
reason for the moderation - the first two were.



                 Russell
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