Lizzie Cornish (Ay Up???), you gave your word that you were leaving Mudcat for good. I expect you to honor it.

I forget what it was I said about Lizzie and Diane and their conduct. I think I told both of them in a personal message -not in the Forum- that they were obnoxious. Lizzie and Diane are classic examples of what are known on the Internet as trolls. They get pleasure out of getting people riled up, and they are very good at what they do. I have to say, though, that the people who respond to the likes of Lizzie and Diane, are every bit as obnoxious.

Goodbye, Lizzie. You said you were leaving Mudcat for good. Please leave.

Most of our trolls are easy to exclude because it's obvious that they have nothing to do with folk music, and that they just come here to cause trouble. It's easy to classify them as non-persons and ignore them. They don't post to the folk music threads, so they're not really a problem.

Lizzie and Diane different, since they are actual people who do attend folk music events. Same with Shambles, I suppose. I'd really rather not have either Lizzie or Diane or Shambles leave us - I'd just like them to be part of the community, instead of constantly fighting against it.

I have enforced the non-presence of Shambles because he purported to leave, of his own accord, and then tried to come back under other conditions, as a non-member. I will also enforce the non-presence of Lizzie. She said she was leaving, and I expect her to stay gone unless she contacts me by e-mail [joe@mudcat.org] and we come to an agreement on the conditions of her presence here.

Ordinarily, I would delete all of the messages Lizzie has posted under names other than Lizzie Cornish - since our policy is not to allow posting under multiple names. I would also delete all of her other messages, since she told us she was leaving us for good - for the same reason I have deleted messages from Shambles. The trouble is, a good many people have responded to her, and deleting only her messages would destroy the entire thread. So, people, if you don't want trolls here, don't respond to them. Both Diane Easby and Lizzie Cornish are prohibited from posting in this thread; and any messages they post in this thread from here on, will be deleted. If you don't want to sound foolish, don't respond to them.

So, about Sidmouth - was it good for you?

-Joe Offer-