Better late than never, but here goes...
1) Thanks to all those who help sort this issue out. In clearing the name of the PPCLI, you‘ve also helped clean up the board a bit, so two good deeds in my view.
2) Windwolf has been unregistered, at his request.
3) I‘ve updated the Conduct Guidelines and User Agreement to try to cover off situations like this. Now I know that it‘s still going to happen - the only people that read the guidelines are the people that intend to follow them. But now we have a policy in place that we can act on.
4) Please, if anyone sees this type of thing, drop me a line at Mike@Army.ca or use the "notify moderator" button. The sooner I know about these things the sooner we can take care of it. I‘m a bit of an absentee landlord here some times, so don‘t think you‘re bothering me by pointing out a thread gone bad.
5) I hate to admit it, but I don‘t disagree with MG34/Reaper‘s comments. These forums used to be primarily visited by informed military professionals, many of which are still here. The reality is that more and more potential recruits are here, which moves the discussions from high level military dialogue to basic repetition.
Having said that, it doesn‘t necessarily detract from the board. There are still plenty of "deep" discussions here that could be interesting to all levels of military professional. In addition to that, we appear to be helping out a surprisingly large segment of the population that has no idea what military life entails. Like it or not, they‘re looking to us to answer questions that will help them make career choices. It may not be the kind of thing everyone wants to participate in, but those that do are a great help.
My point: There‘s room for both the interested civilian and the seasoned soldier here, but definitely not for frauds. The best we can do is clean up those situations when they occur.
Cheers