tigerlily78 wrote:The warning was given in both "forum help" and a thread that was locked in Everything Else, Basically explaining that you (and others in one case) need to show some amount of respect and courtesy to other people or you can go ahead and leave, because we are not going to tolerate rudeness from a few who in turn create hostility in the whole forum.

You did not cite what you considered "rude," nor did you define it. There was a vague message in a locked thread and when I asked for clarification, you did not provide it.

I'm fine with the community.

I think you need however to be clear what you expect or people are going to assume, correctly, that you're administering on personal whim -- and simply banishing those you disagree with.

At least in several cases here, I've seen this pattern:

Person 1: Here's my idea.
Person 2: That disagrees with the prevailing idea around here!

A group of people then berate Person 1. He or she finally responds with a cynical comment, and is accused of being rude or disrespectful.

Classic passive aggression.

Now that kind of abuse of authority -- we wouldn't want to see that here. Do we agree?