I have decided to leave Mudcat.

I a moving to a different music forum. It is geared to Uk users and is a UK Folk and Acoustic Music Forum. I am fed up with having to deal with people such as Countess Richard and Richard Bridge. There is without doubt, no control over flaming on Mudcat and that is a shame.
Apart from the odd person, I have enjoyed my stay at Mudcat very much and it is with sadness that I am taking this action. However until such times as their is more control over what members can do and say, I will stay away.

Many thnks to the moderators who do there best to control the forum.

Maybe some of the very nice mudcatters who I have got to know will come over to this forum and strike up some nice and friendly chats. I do hope so.

The forum is http://www.talkawhile.co.uk/

The rules are

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We were initially brought together by Fairport Convention and the Cropredy Festival, but have expanded to cover many artists and festivals.

It's a lively and welcoming forum, with about 1000 readers every day.
We have a great motto "It's nice to be nice". If you are a 'newbie' you will be welcomed and encouraged to post.

The board is moderated, but we don't censor peoples views, only really bad behavior, such as personal attacks.

When registering please remember that all bulletin boards have problems with people being disruptive, which is why we are very wary of people who seek anonymity.
We encourage people to use their true identity and register from a permanent email address (not Hotmail, Yahoo, gmail or similar).

If you use an obviously false name or register from a free email service, your access to the boards features will be restricted, until we get to know you.
If it's both, it will be rejected.

I could list a load of rules, but basically the boards motto is "It's nice to be nice". <<