Morning folks. I've been observing with sadness the infiltration by Gareth
Alun Evans to rec.radio.* recently and the disruption and rudeness that has
followed. Big G is well-known throughout many newsgroups as a troublemaker
and pernicious troll. Above all others, he considers uk.radio.amateur as
his "home" and his near two-decade history of abuse there is available for
all to review in Google Groups.

We've had enough of him and his idiocy. So, Project Shun was born. Broadly
speaking, Project Shun involves ignoring him en-masse, refusing to be drawn
into his trolling, refusing to lower ourselves to his level. In doing so,
the master attention-seeker is starved of the attention that he craves. And
it's working. Since Project Shun began, ukra has become a significantly
more useable group. Not perfect by any means, but for the first time in
months there are multiple on-topic and (comparatively) civil discussions
taking place and not descending into a morass of bile and hatred.

However, there are unintended (but not unforeseen, as Big G is a
predictable beast) consequences. The abuse and attention-seeking has
shifted from ukra to rrah (and other newsgroups). It would be my humble
suggestion that participants here also apply Project Shun to drive this
malicious and unpleasant troll away. And not only to restore order to your
group, but as a defence against the far more unsavoury side of his
"personality". As many of you will be aware, Big G was prosecuted and
convicted in court after contacting another user's employer with vile
insinuations that he was a danger to children (as he worked at a school, I
think you can understand the gravity of such an accusation). This was not
the first instance of such appalling behaviour, Big G had done exactly the
same to several other individuals he had fallen out with on Usenet, making
the same vile slur. Separated from many of you by an ocean and a legal
jurisdiction, I fear that he may be emboldened to try the same sick stunt
with you. Avoid that risk by blanking him completely.

--
Stephen Thomas Cole // Sent from my iPhone