I, for one, don't feel Joe is overstepping the mark in trying to regulate some of the content of the Mudcat. Shambles says: We live in different lands and if a poster may feel that their point can be made better by an article, that may only be available in that land and for a short time, that should be respected, as a rule of thumb, not deleted as a rule of iron. Of course, there is nothing to prevent a poster from copying a rambling article to his own desktop, providing a precis, and posting that to the 'Cat. Shambles is being a little disingenuous in stating "Joe did send me a PM telling me to go somewhere - I don't think it was the Azores.............. " I have had a PM from Shambles which, I am sure, would make any comment by Joe look tame! But, I notified Joe, and avoided responding. Of course, if Shambles thinks that PMs are the substance for general posts, I would be willing to add it to the general view. But I feel 'Personal' messages should remain as such. Of course, he may not recall the vitriol he poured on that occasion (when I queried the fact that he was diluting the message against PELs).