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Old 16th Sep 2012, 16:07
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What's happened to Genghis the Engineer?

He seems to have vanished, along with all his postings.

Bizzare, given his massively impressive contribution to this site.
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Old 16th Sep 2012, 16:08
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Well he's put his name down for the London Bash
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Old 16th Sep 2012, 16:13
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No - check again. No postings actually by him. All gone.
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Old 16th Sep 2012, 16:15
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Silenced by the microlight mafia

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Old 16th Sep 2012, 16:18
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Who would be behind that, and why?
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It's a shame. He offered some good advice on here.
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Does this mean that he is now Genghis Khan't?
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Old 16th Sep 2012, 16:41
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Presumably that means that he's had a falling out and left.

That would be a terrible pitty, as he has a tremendious dept of knowledge and was happy to share it in a friendly way with others.

I really do hope that it's something else like a simple name change.
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Old 16th Sep 2012, 16:56
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Last I saw his profile said he was banned.
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No - check again. No postings actually by him. All gone.
You're right, his post has gone from the London Bash thread. Buggah, he came last year and is a lovely sociable bloke. What's going on?
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Old 16th Sep 2012, 17:46
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I had a post yesterday deleted by a new moderator with zero posts called sidesliplanding (my first one ever)

I thought it unusual, maybe he knows as the new mod what happened to Genghis. (or maybe it is him)

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Old 16th Sep 2012, 18:01
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That would be a pity he is gone, I learned a lot from his posts

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Old 16th Sep 2012, 18:03
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He wrote to me a while back about things he was not happy with! If you dont sing the right Mantra Here your gone end of story!
Surprised I have lasted?

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Old 16th Sep 2012, 18:06
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I happen to know that his removal was not of his choosing.

The curious thing about pr00n is that the people who really control the site are totally anonymous, and even the mods don't really know the background to some decisions.

Also I think there is no way he could have been removed for a posting which was merely controversial. I (and many others) would have been banned years ago on that basis. Most likely a specific well connected individual had something to do with it.

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Old 16th Sep 2012, 18:41
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G offered a wealth of wisdom, of great value to this group. I believe that his not being here is not his choice. I would be stunned to find that such a balanced and dedicated member did something "wrong". I am very unhappy that valuable threads started by him, and posts contributed by others to those threads are no longer available, let alone his posts to other's threads.

PPRuNe is very much the lesser for the loss of this contribution - perhaps it can be restored? If a heritage of a PPRuNe member's contribution can be erased in one action, is it worth the devotion of other contributors to create their own heritage of posts?
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Old 16th Sep 2012, 18:42
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Real shame.

So you're not allowed to speak about:

Etihad?
Ryanair - were some of the posts on them deleted or threads closed?
Anything else??

If correct, this is the beginning of the end for pprune for many of us.
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Old 16th Sep 2012, 18:45
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I had a post yesterday deleted by a new moderator with zero posts called sidesliplanding (
I asked if sidesliplanding was a mod on the Almat thread and the reply seemed to indicate that it was a mod who had more than one identity so the zero post thing may not be what it seems.
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Old 16th Sep 2012, 18:45
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If correct, this is the beginning of the end for PPRuNe for many of us.
It might well be my case - G's posts were for me among the most useful I found on any internet forum.

If he was indeed banned, I think we have a right to know why. PPRUNE tower, your comments please?

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Old 16th Sep 2012, 18:58
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Genghis was indeed banned and his posts removed; he told me why. He is trying to get something done about it...I really can't say any more.
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Old 16th Sep 2012, 19:00
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I have searched some threads on which I know I posted - and to which G was also a contributor. My posts can no longed be found. There has already be a request on another forum for information that I know I posted, which could no longer be found - because it was a G thread.

That's not right - have I been partly banned too? What have I, and other contributors to threads which G originated, done to justify being deleted? I know that PPRuNe is private, and subject to the whims of the owner, but I think this is a few steps too far. I'm glad I copied so many of my posts onto my computer - I might have to find somewhere else to repost them...

PPRuNe moderators do have an opportunity to turn this around....
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