[GreenKeys] Ed Sharpe

Tue Dec 20 17:18:37 EST 2016

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This is listed at the bottom of each post.
    I will leave a fuller answer to Gil but my observation after being a 
member for quite a while is that it is not strictly moderated. The 
people here have a very wide experience in industry and the military.
     I am a member of a couple of lists that are quite strictly 
moderated, at least as far as requiring civil behavior and have left 
one list that was over-moderated.  I am a co-administrator of two lists 
but seldom have to do more than post a warning and that not often.
  I don't know what the problem is/was with Ed but suspect there is a 
back story.
On 12/20/2016 1:42 PM, PJ Bennett wrote:
> Gil, I’m a relatively new list subscriber and it would help if I knew
> what the expectations are for this list (maybe it was sent to me, but I
> don’t remember seeing it).
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> I have three model 33’s and was interested in this list for help in
> repairing and using them, along with helping others when I could (Wayne,
> you have been great by the way!).  Just reading about how others are
> fixing/maintaining their equipment has been a big help for me.
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> There has also been ample stories about TTY and RTTY equipment, which I
> have found very interesting and has brought me into buying TU’s and
> other RTTY equipment to play around with.
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> However, I wasn’t sure if this list was intended to be primarily a
> support group for keeping old machines running, a story sharing group, a
> buyers/sellers group, or something else.  Is there a “list rules” or
> expectations document, or is this kind of just defined informally by the
> group?
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> I’m more curious than anything, but I also think that in light of what
> happened to Ed# that it would be good to make sure those of us that are
> fairly new (I think I’ve been on here for about a year) have a clear
> idea of the expectations for our posts.
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> Thanks,
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> PJ
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> *From:*GreenKeys [mailto:greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net] *On Behalf
> Of *Gil Smith
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 20, 2016 12:30 AM
> *To:* aaa-greenkeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
> *Subject:* [GreenKeys] Ed Sharpe
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> I hate dealing with this stupid shit.  I have work to do, bills to pay,
> and life is too frickin' short...
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> For years now, "many" greenkeys members have been complaining that Ed
> Sharpe has been bogarting this forum.  I have had to intervene and try
> to patch things up, to keep things running smoothly.  A couple of years
> ago I put him on moderation to calm things down, and a few months later
> let him wander free in the wild again, hoping he learned a lesson.
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> A few weeks ago it came to a head again when someone called him out on
> all his vague rambling posts.  He called my cell phone at 9:30 that
> night to "talk about it."  I did not answer.  But I put him on moderation.
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> He had 138 posts in November, an absurd number of posts for any member.
>  Most were one-liner nonsense.
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> For several weeks, I have been quietly discarding 3/4 of his (now
> moderated) posts, but letting a few rational posts through.
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> He was today again on a rant with many posts (you did not see most of
> them, since I have him moderated), and after not getting his way, he
> called my cell phone at 10:30 tonight, and left a 3-minute message about
> this tty shit in California.
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> That did it.  10:30?  Really?  I need to leave my cell phone on in case
> my 86-yo mother has a problem, and I do not need to be woken up by this
> silly nonsense.
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> Ed# has been deleted from greenkeys.  This is only the second time I
> have taken such drastic measures -- years ago some joker would not stop
> with personal-opinion political posts, and I deleted him.  This makes
> two times in 20+years as moderator that I have asserted greenkeys
> executive power.  I try to stay out of things -- I really do.  But don't
> piss me off.
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> So, you can call me an ass, vote to have me replaced, or whatever, but I
> have no more patience for this nonsense.
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> If this was a modern forum, everyone would be able to easily block crap
> from specific individuals, and never see it.  But this is an old-school
> email list, a "reflector" as some call it, and there are no such controls.
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> I need to get some sleep.
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> gil
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> gil smith, AF7EZ
> greenkeys moderator
> gil at baudot.net <mailto:gil at baudot.net>
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