Lunatic and mental?
Me?
Well, I guess i am a bit "off the wall" sometimes, but not a lot.
However, I think those tags are a bit unfair
I have mentioned many times that I am a DIYer, not an electrician. I also believe, given my "reactions" and responses, that I have contributed reasonably to a number of threads where I have had experience in the matters under discussion.
I have never ridiculed or belittled, I have occasionally posted a response which was meant as a jest and never had anyone complain (except a mod) and I have enjoyed the camaraderie that this forum used to display. Lately, however, the emphasis has changed quite significantly, and while I appreciate that there have been some elements which required restraint, the overall complexion of the forum has shifted to such a degree that it is now a matter of some complexity as to what is "permitted" and what is not.
That, I submit, is not where we should be going, and while I applaud your efforts in attempting to achieve perfection, this will always be an internet forum, with all that such a platform entails, and it is not just I who will become disaffected with the regime.
I am always ready to take a joke, but being branded a lunatic, or mental, notwithstanding the "smileys" is just an example of the dictatorial direction you now envisage.
I assure you I take no offence from your remarks which I am confident were made in a jocular and conciliatory manner, but you cannot wear multiple hats...I respectfully suggest you choose the one which fits, and stick with it.
You run a good, no...great, forum.
Tell folks off when they genuinely transgress.
Cut some slack too.
You told me not to get involved in a thread, but for no reason, except
"It's not Emmerdale".
Inconsistency will breed disaffection, and while I see clearly what you wish to achieve, that level of "perfection" is unattainable, in my humble opinion.