Did I miss some drama? Was he somehow banned from participation? Or how can you "bring back" someone against their will?
I'd like to know too
He and Edwin , are enligthing us immensely , as the "Guru's" with life-long "hands on" experience.
And contacts that others could only dream of.
What happened since mods are pulling the : Sole ruler / No Democracy card
I for one loved Ken's in detail explanations , and he explained so everyone could follow.
Ohh i see he left on his own free will , but then why did Simon react as he did ?
/Bingo
I shall start with a signature myself and i request all those who have benefited from MisterDiodes' posts to
acknowledge their gratitude and sign with a "come back to the forum" request.
If he's gone he likely won't see this.
If you want to say something to him I suggest you send a PM, he might still get get notified by email.
What happened since mods are pulling the : Sole ruler / No Democracy card
A poll asking "Do you want to bring back user xxxxxxx" is poor form, that's why it was locked.
It firstly implies that we (moderators) had something to do with it when we didn't. And secondly you might have N number of people say "no, we don't want you here" for whatever reason, and well, I'm sure you can understand why that's not a good idea.
We don't want to encourage the voting of people into and out of the forum.
We told zhtoor this, but here we are again encouraging some sort of "petition".
Additionally such threads are absolutely OFFTOPIC in metrology.
Especially, if they are not only double posts, but also fresh new double threads!
Edit: I vote to close this too.
Ohh i see he left on his own free will , but then why did Simon react as he did ?
/Bingo
I spotted the poll as I was about to spend 2 solid days away from the house and a PC. I did not know if he had been banned or something else had happened. the tone of the poll suggested he was banned yet I did not recall any reports. So I thought the safest thing was to lock that thread. If banned it was out of order and it looked like it would in any case just stir up some trouble.
Lock and let this sink pls.
@Mods
Thank you for the explanation.
Makes sense
Let's hope for the best
/Bingo
Just to let people know, it looks like zhtoor has taken his bat and ball and gone home, deleted a lot of his posts, and has relabeled threads he started.