DPR moderators still at it

That is exactly what I challenged him on and showed that his claim I called him a liar was not true.

In the link I posted, NCV then went on to say "You are also stupid enough not to realize that doubting what I wrote is in effect calling me a liar." which implies quite strongly that NCV believes that anyone doubting what he posts is effectively calling him a liar.

Below is the exchange between us that followed:

It's no wonder NCV was banned over at DPR if he threw the same childish tanties over there as here and he wonders why DPR Admin do not reply to his queries as he posted earlier.

My comment in that quote is still my opinion based on what I have seen of NCV's posts here and at DPR.

Yep, pretty much agree.

I posted several times earlier this thread that not all dpr moderators were created equal and that some are better than others.

That's fine and everyone can decide for themselves how much credibility they choose to assign to unsubstantiated claims but it doesn't change what I posted earlier at all.

Going back through the thread, as far as I can tell the actual starting point was a bit further upstream at this post -

dprevived.com/t/dpr-moderators-still-at-it/368/post/74752/

So, I made a thread on the Site Feedback, asking why the Admins do not reply to questions about membership.

Being Sandboxed, my thread has not appeared after more than a Day. Censored I guess.

I didn't bother to transcribe the entirety of Bernstein's discussion because I was lazy and didn't anticipate continued refusal to accept the word of a noted authority (how silly of me). Here's the remainder of Bernstein's entry on None:

"One reason [to adopt the rule that none should be treated as plural unless context clearly indicates singular form] would be a construction in which it is followed by a singular noun: 'None of the work was done in time for the opening'; 'None of the food was served hot.' Another reason would be the desire to emphasize the singular idea, but even in such an instance it would be better to achieve the emphasis by changing the none to not one or no one. For example, 'Five personswere in the car but none [better: not one or no one] was hurt.' Miss Thistlebottom's rule for considering none to be singular does not have universal application in any event. For instance, you could not use the singular in a sentence like this: 'The negotiations have been going on for two months, but none have succeeded.' You couldn't possibly be thinking of a single 'negotiation.' Likewise: 'France has maintained the principle that none of her forces is [make it are] permanently committed to European defense.' There is no conception here of a single 'force.' The underlying fallacy in Miss Thistlebottom's reasoning is that since none is derived from not one, she thinks it always means that. But it doesn't. Sometimes it means no amount and most often it means not any."

I will just note that "any" when used as a pronoun is indefinite and can take either a singular or plural verb depending on context.

We are not debating the rules of grammar. We are debating how the (undisputed) rules of grammar should be applied to a semantically and etymologically ambiguous term that takes on singular or plural meaning depending on context. Consideration of usage is unavoidable. Later Wittgenstein, Bob, not The Tractatus...

I'm not the one trying his best to be Miss Thistlebottom...

Then that goes back to my comments earlier this thread where I said that the "smart" members at dpr will work out which of the moderators' buttons to not press, at least not all the way in, in order to avoid the ban trigger being pulled on them.

Ah, as such, we can dismiss your claim.

My interpretation of

"Discussion of moderation policies is permitted in this forum, but if you have a problem with a specific moderator action (or your issue involves personal and/or account information) please contact an admin or use the feedback form."

at the top of the Site Feedback and Help Forum page also is that NCV's thread is inappropriate for that forum so I am not surprised it wasn't allowed.

If a member has a specific issue with admin the process is to contact an admin directly or use the feedback form, not the public forum.

Admin can then choose to reply or not just like any member can choose to reply or not to queries put to them in the public forums.

Of course anyone can justifiably dismiss any unsubstantiated statements I make if they choose to just like anyone can question any unsubstantiated claims in this or other threads.

I have posted several times that whether anyone believes my unsubstantiated claims or not is irrelevant, at least to me, because it doesn’t change anything.

I believe I am mostly polite when I post, (sure Dan repetitive reply's got at me in the end). I sometimes believe national differences can have some bearing on how a post is received. Americans tend to be more frank, which can come over as being rude to a Brit, more used to the passive agressive reply. Maybe the passive agressive grates with mostly American mods on DPR. I am still mystified for the reason that my "Why use MF" thread got me a permanent sandboxing.

Then there is my fall from grace on a particular forum. Sure I admit I was a bit of a M43 fanboy, swept along with the crowd. The system just seemed so brilliant when I swapped a heavy 3 lens DSLR kit for a 3 lens kit that weighed less than my 80-200 2.8. I was mostly doing mountain hiking at the time, so it is easy to understand my enthusiasm. For the record my screen saver for the last few years is a M43 shot of Autumn colours in the Apennines. It still looks good and I guess I could make a big print of it. Another favourite shot was shot on a GX1 + 100-300 on a long walk where were I would never have carried a 600mm lens.

But then I discovered FF had advantages too, For the more static things I was photographing it was just better suited. The advent of the Z7 rendered M43 obsolete for MY photography. The Z7 + 24-200 was a perfect hiking kit, and via FTZ I can use my Shift lenses for Architecture. I slimmed down the gear cupboard, eliminating duplication.I wrote this Thread on the M43 forum which caused a shit storm, got locked and I got my first ban. It went downhill from there on, with Caldwell, who even made a post attacking me and gloating over how he had banned me ( for Dan: I posted a screenshot on this forum, you can go and find it).

A lot of posts on my secondary Blog, are threads copied and pasted from DPR, when closure was announced. My shift lens Threads caused a lot of fear and loathing on the Open Forum. More bans for posting incendiary threads/posts.

My M43 experience cured me of fanboyism, I have come to realise that for the vast range of subjects we all photograph, with varying levels of commitment , that the market provides a good range of gear that suits different people in different ways. I even went th the UK last year and only carried my iPhone. The pictures were perfect for my end use.

I was pretty careful to avoid mentioning moderator actions.

Then there must be something else in the post that is against the rules.