Shambles, I have already answered your questions. Please refer back to my posts that are found among the nearly 1200 posts to this thread.

No harm in repeating it. For if you did provide it. I honestly don't know what it was. Perhaps for purposes of discussion - someone else may like to provide their answer?

Do you agree with the following statement? Which given the radical change to our forum which is suggested to solve it - is a crucial one.

And despite our best efforts, Mudcat is no longer a pleasant place to hang out and goof off or have a good discussion.

My view is that if anything is wrong it can easily be solved. As it is largely as a result of these efforts. Which are now seen to to limit and shape our forum to the wishes of a few posters, rather than be seen to enable our forum to accomodate many and varied requirements of the the majority.

I also consider that the public push to change our forum even further to a members only forum - is just the latest piece of limiting and shaping by a few posters to their requirements. And the statement - just another tactic by these few to achieve this end.

If those who make this statement and those who support them - really feel this our forum is now so poor- no one is forcing them to stay on our forum and not be able to be able to goof off or not be able to have a good discussion.

And as most of their efforts (on this thread) seem to be designed to prevent good discussion rather than contributing to this one - should they leave to start their own private members club - their presence on this discussion forum will not be missed.