Does everyone like having this place to talk about warbirds?

O.P. · **Posted:** Thu Jun 18, 2009 6:47 pm

Talking about it is ruining it.

I haven't been here in awhile, and this is why. Talking about the board and users instead of warbirds.

JDK is a good guy, sorry to hear about it. Hellcat is a doushe. Shoulda been banned first time around. I got a couple three PM's from that doushebag, and that about did it for me. I don't need that kinda sh1t in my "fun time".

And yea, I unfortunately read this whole thread. That was a mistake. Aggressive moderation and banning/IP blocking for doushes is what is needed. WARBIRDS only baby, anything else is BS here.

Just in case anyones thinking I'm hiding behind a nic,
Orvis P Hollevoet Jr
Austin Texas

(I'm gonna go back to Gun forums and Pron for awhile. It's less of a bummer)

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Thu Jun 18, 2009 6:54 pm

Yup that positive attitide will make things all better.......................

richkolasa · **Posted:** Thu Jun 18, 2009 8:06 pm

spookythecat wrote:

SPANNERmkV wrote:

Great idea...

Invasion Stripes and a shark's mouth on my Stratocaster!!!

SPANNER

I repainted my guitar with a can of Testors flat olive drab. I think it looks pretty sweet now that it's all beat up.

That must be one sweet-smelling axe!

Rich

RickH · **Posted:** Thu Jun 18, 2009 9:58 pm

O.P., you're in Austin ? Did you come out and say howdy when the Uh-1 Huey came to town ? Oh yeah the CF bombers were tagging along too... :lol:

Dan Newcomb · **Posted:** Fri Jun 19, 2009 11:10 am

“Anonymous”, is what causes most of the trouble. I would love to see a website devoted to “real” people who state their “real” names for the purpose of exchanging information regarding aircraft restoration and maintenance. Some months ago I had my thread moved to the maintenance forum and things got a lot simpler.

Dan

Mudge · **Posted:** Fri Jun 19, 2009 11:20 am

Dan Newcomb wrote:

“Anonymous”, is what causes most of the trouble. I would love to see a website devoted to “real” people who state their “real” names.....Dan

Dan...I'd have to vote against mandatory "real names". 99.99% of the time, that would pose no problem. It's that .01% I'd be concerned about. Wouldn't even have to be someone who posts on the forum that gets your name. We have a lot of "lurkers" here. Could even be some "whack-job" hacker who stumbles upon the forum and decides he's gonna' look up the WIX member in his town and go "visit" him/her.
No thanks...the anonymity of "call signs" is OK with me.

Mudge the paranoid :hide:

Dan Newcomb · **Posted:** Fri Jun 19, 2009 11:26 am

I guess that I will just risk some whacko driving out to the hangar at CMA with a machine gun to do me in because he disagrees with my rivet shooting technique. Oh well I have always enjoyed living on the edge!

Dan

Mudge · **Posted:** Fri Jun 19, 2009 11:41 am

Dan Newcomb wrote:

I guess that I will just risk some whacko driving out to the hangar at CMA with a machine gun to do me in because he disagrees with my rivet shooting technique. Oh well I have always enjoyed living on the edge!

Dan

I didn't say anything about shooting. This person just wants to be your "best buddy" and talk about model airplanes and Star Trek and politics and religion. You know, real interesting stuff like that.
It's when you don't want to be HIS best buddy the shooting starts. :twisted:

Mudge the obtuse :wink:

RyanShort1 · **Posted:** Fri Jun 19, 2009 2:52 pm

Mudge wrote:

Could even be some "whack-job" hacker who stumbles upon the forum and decides he's gonna' look up the WIX member in his town and go "visit" him/her.

Depending on whether or not your state allows you to take measures to defend yourself - that could be "kind" of fun... :twisted:

. Personally, I've enjoyed talking with folks that have stumbled upon our operations down at Cannon as a result of online marketing efforts. And I also haven't had a problem telling folks NO when they needed telling.

Ryan

warbird1 · **Joined:** Fri Sep 21, 2007 6:25 pm **Posts:** 2760

Mudge wrote:

Dan Newcomb wrote:

I guess that I will just risk some whacko driving out to the hangar at CMA with a machine gun to do me in because he disagrees with my rivet shooting technique. Oh well I have always enjoyed living on the edge!

Dan

I didn't say anything about shooting. This person just wants to be your "best buddy" and talk about model airplanes and Star Trek and politics and religion. You know, real interesting stuff like that.
It's when you don't want to be HIS best buddy the shooting starts. :twisted:

Mudge the obtuse :wink:

Some of you people make fun or light of stalkers. It's funny, until it happens to you. I know for a fact that there are at least 2 Wix forum members who have been stalked in real life because of too much personal information being displayed here. It IS a serious concern. Using real names will only make future stalkings that much easier. This is yet another reason not to use real names. People think that anonymity is some great evil that people hide behind for nefarious reasons. Maybe some people just like anonymity so they can feel safe and secure in knowing that some "crazy loon" is not out to stalk them.

This is perhaps the best argument to NOT use real names here on this forum. BTW, guys gets stalked too, FWIW!

Mark_Pilkington · **Posted:** Mon Jun 22, 2009 3:19 am

.
While I appreciate that a real name might allow someone to stalk you, surely they need an address, or at least city, a photo etc, and some reason to stalk you?

Its strange that in one post you indicate the identity of one anonomous poster is verified as "a well known" identity who can be recognised even in his second anonomous ID, yet argue that anonimity is required for personal safety? - how do you control who is kept in the "know"? does that person vett who is allowed to recognise him or be told who it is?

Like the rumours at the hangar door, if an anonomous nickname is well known to be actually "John Doe" by many of the people in the know, then I suspect an interested stalker will gleen that out of someone here via PM, probably along with his mobile number and home address? depending on the type of approach etc.

I have sought contact details for lots of people via PM and been given many freely, Perhaps that is because people trust me to be who I am because I post under my real name?

From what I have seen, stalkers can start of friendly and apparantly "normal" it is when they are rejected or not given the access they want that they get nasty, so I guess those wanting anonimity should not allow anyone to recognise or access their real identity or contact details (including those in the "know"), as you never know who might be, or become a stalker?

I dont think anonomous IDs should be supported simply on that basis, but again its Scotts call here, as I think it is contact details, home addresses that matter.

One poster here has apparantly been stalked, and does'nt post under their real name , but freely admits it can be identified from their posts, and I suspect so is their general location and local airport if past posts are dredged, and they themself provide a real photo in their avatar, I suspect a stalker would find enough to go on, without the real name being used in posts.

I know if I was ever to set up a forum it would be a mandatory requirement from my point of view, regardless of the loss of any "hot tips" etc, but thats my personal view, it wont stop me posting here, if its not adopted here, and I am happy to leave people that comfort of anonimity if they really need it.

regards

Mark Pilkington

JDK · **Posted:** Mon Jun 22, 2009 3:37 am

While it's interesting to debate the question of 'real' identities, aliases and nicknames:

1/ It ain't going to change anything, here or elsewhere on the web.

2/ Warbird 1 and lady02pilot are right - there are some pretty disturbing ways innocent 'safe' information you've put on the web can provide fuel for some very strange characters - and it's not always easily resolvable by force, police or court. Mark - remember how we had a conversation about just such a matter a couple of months back?

Some 'players' post under their own names, some under aliases, or pass data onto trusted contacts who post here (and on other forums). It's not hard to sort the real scoops and good data from the walter mittys and blow-hards. Just like real life. You can get to be Chairman of the Conservative Party with a fake degree, or quite a large 'company' based on 'pyramid' principles for instance.

Real names or not, taking stuff at face value is easily a chance to be taken.

warbird1 · **Joined:** Fri Sep 21, 2007 6:25 pm **Posts:** 2760

In this day and age, all the info that is needed to find someone is just a name. Most addresses and phone numbers can be found from a person's name based on a huge amount of available public information, such as tax records, court records, company records, and many on-line search/background checks, etc. In fact, for a well-educated thief/hacker, a person could "technically" steal someone's identity without having access to their social security or tax I.D. number from the start. You would be amazed at what is public information these days.

All of the above is referenced to the United States only. I don't know how hard it would be to find someone in another country.

JDK · **Posted:** Mon Jun 22, 2009 4:20 am

warbird1 wrote:

All of the above is referenced to the United States only. I don't know how hard it would be to find someone in another country.

If I knew, I wouldn't tell you I knew.

gary1954 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:44 am

Dan Newcomb wrote:

I guess that I will just risk some whacko driving out to the hangar at CMA with a machine gun to do me in because he disagrees with my rivet shooting technique. Oh well I have always enjoyed living on the edge!

Dan

You damn-ed sure better have that PBJ completed, test flown, and certified before anything like that happens Dan. We're watchin, and waitin'

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