>Hey Mike
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>I'm no MVP - and compared to the likes of Drew Speedie, I understand why.
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>I have been thinking about this whole affair. First off MVP is not most voluble person. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/voluble
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>The contributions of an MVP should provide real VALUE. I believe the people that choose the MVP look at more than just the frequency. Naomi's posts were numerous because she had an unfair advantage, but IMO they were rarely as technically important as the contributions of MVPs.

Unfair? In what way? Do you presume she had special privileges in the search engine? IF that was the case, then this was only true for a while. And how about Sergey then? He's probably the ultimate master in searching for previously discussed solutions.


>Frankly, I don't get along with Andy Kramek, despite wishing otherwise. We've never "clicked". However, even so, I cannot support this idea that he and/or Marcia be defrocked. Their contributions to the community far, far outweigh those of Naomi.

I know of many (Dutch) politicians who had to give up their political career because they made one, apparently crucial, mistake, no matter how many years they had done well beforehand. One might criticize such a way of dealing with people. The disadvantage indeed is that talented leaders get out of focus, but the advantage is that abuse of power is less likely to occur.


>Conversely, I feel sorry for Naomi. I know she doesn't have a lot of self-esteem and have told her to toughen up before. She even asked me (privately) if I thought her statements to Marcia on MSDN (I think?) were inappropriate. I concurred with the webmaster that it was not her place to criticize Marcia's (or for that matter) anyone's posts.

If you are here referring to the thread where Naomi told that Marcia's solution was overkill, then I disagree. That remark of Naomi was a quite relevant comment, esp. for a technical forum.


>Naomi, Andy and Marcia harmed the VFP online communities by dragging the communities into this dispute. Employers must now be thinking to curtail access. That hurts every one of us.

There's this village. They do not have police. A woman gets raped in the park. She knows the rapist Since there's no police, she tells it to the neighboors. Later someone accuses both the rapist AND the victim of having dragged the community into this dispute. That's how it works, but that's not how it should work.


>Recriminations at this point are a waste of time. Let's get back to the purpose of this site, sharing information.