Hum! That is 0.1% of the membership.
I'm wondering:  How much effort would an engineer reasonably allocate to 
accommodate a feature that is causing 100% of the problem 100% of the 
time, given that the system can perform reasonably well without the 
feature ? ;-)
Gaston
 

Russell McMahon wrote:
>>> 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 No longer active AFAIK - moved country and probably changed activities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.
>
> ________________
>
> 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.
>
> _______
>
> 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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