Big stuff like closing threads is always reported to and reviewed by me - and I think it's proper for the Mudcat Troika to have a chance to review and change a decision before it's opened to public discussion. Volunteers are allowed to close threads only in the most obvious of situations, where there's a real and immediate problem. When they overstep that authority, they hear about it.

I'm the one who had the authority to confirm or reverse the decision to close or delete, so I'm the one to contact. Jeff also has that authority, of course - but I'm the one who usually handles it. Max is the one who handles appeals of actions done by Jeff and Joe.

I don't know about who might have suggested that Shambles should be banned. I've talked with some Clones about him, and we agreed that Mudcat just wouldn't be the same without Shambles, and I have to say I've always liked him - even though he aggravates the hell outa me sometimes. I suppose that I aggravate the hell outa him sometimes, too.

-Joe Offer-