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From: George Huxtable
Date: 2010 Nov 23, 00:15 -0000
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2010 Nov 23, 00:15 -0000
On 10 Nov 2010, in a posting in the thread "Graphs of lunar distances", Antoine commented, somewhat critically, on an earlier posting from Douglas Denny, starting- "Dear Douglas, In further reference to your post [NavList # 14207]dtd 25 Oct 2010, with a partial quotation given in the bottom of this post, I have observed - exactly as Frank kept pointing out for your recent Lunars in both this current "Luni-Solar Distance" thread as well as in the previous one "Graphs of Lunar Distances" - that the quality of your own Lunar observations is significantly better than your own feeling derived from your own computation results. ...." and so on. No response to Antoine came from Douglas, nor has there been any since. Up to 25 Oct, Douglas was actively contributing to three threads as follows- "(ADMIN) Linked files vs Attached files, and a scam" on 25/10 "Old question - need summary" on 25/10 "Graphs of Lunar Distances" on 26/10. Some of that correspondence, involving Frank Reed, was then becoming increasingly acrimonious (on both sides). Since then, nothing has appeared on Navlist from the keyboard of Douglas Denny. From subsequent off-list contact with him, he tells me that since that date no postings from him, submitted to Navlist, have appeared. Neither he, nor Navlist members, have been informed that his postings have been deliberately blocked. No explanation has been given, if indeed they have been blocked. No specific offence, against any Navlist code, has been brought to his attention, or to ours. To Douglas, this seems to have been rather expected, and he does not appear to be particularly surprised, or perturbed. I take the matter somewhat more seriously than that, as reflecting on the governance of Navlist. On 28 /10, Frank Reed appears to have allowed himself the last word, in the thread "Graphs of lunar distance", at a time when any further response from Douglas had been blocked. ================== Now, it's quite possible that there's a simple reason for all this, and some form of misunderstanding has occurred. I hope that's the case. But in my view Douglas, and Navlist members, are due for some sort of explanation about exactly what has transpired. Whether postings from a prolific member have been deliberately blocked, and if so, for what specific offence. Please note, that I do not necessarily approve of all Douglas Denny's turns-of-phrase in his correspondence, which have not always been well-chosen, in my view. The same applies to some postings from Frank Reed. I look forward to a response from Frank. George. contact George Huxtable, at george{at}hux.me.uk or at +44 1865 820222 (from UK, 01865 820222) or at 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK.