That's great. We're rooting for you. Personally, I thought that Allan really had a place here. If you didn't like him you didn't have to read his stuff. Many times he went overboard but most of his criticism had roots in the truth. In a way, he is the Anti-NNO. We really need that from time to time. Also, as much as I would like to see him back, I don't think that it's my place to tell Rob how to handle this. This is a business. He has sponsors and he has to run the site accordingly. Granted, we should have a say too but I think that Rob has an idea for the bigger picture.
Also Rob I would understand if you closed this thread. I dont want it to seem as if I'm undermining your authority on this site. No problems I hope.
Reinstate! He knows these cars and owns one. He knows Lambo and overall is funny and an asset. He has his moments like we all do. We have much worse here than Mr Lambo!!
Is it F-talk? because this says all the "big guns" are flocking over there http://www.*********************/forum/messages/33/4711.html?1081386345 bit of propoganda?
[User Toggle On]I thought Allan provided good entertainment and a good balance. Fun to watch new users fall for his traps. Not really much value form a Ferrari perspective, but good to break up a few Rossa colored glasses. Always seemed to be in the middle of all the **** though.[/User Toggle Off] [Admin Toggle On]Overall from a community and business aspect Allan was a liability. No valuable users will be lost long term because Allan is gone, but many will be retained by getting rid of him. This is a board for Ferrari enthusiasts. It should mostly be a stress free and positive experience for that target market. There are plenty of other sites that target other topics where Allan will be welcomed. I wish him the best.[/Admin Toggle Off]
see l-talk.com, off topic. Ralfabaco says: "The moderators ? They are picking and choosing which post will stay, and which will be deleted. Of course ones pal has no advantage. Correct ? It is getting old. Go check out all the big guns who have flocked to F-Talk. " Allan says: "Rob is little spineless little turd, trying to hype things up for sponsorship, by saying he has 6000 registered users." Also: "Things will get very interesting over there... I promise!"
I think our community just did the best thing ever without realizing it. Allan is now more involved with our competition! Whether anyone else sees it or not this puts a big smile on my face.
most of hisknowledge , even about lambos is extremely biased and wrong!!!!as long as everyone here knows that then we are ok.....almost everything he states is extremely boggus and not based on any facts!!he can be very annoying but sometimes its fun having a 9 yo mentality on this web site!!!
Oh, good grief. The little troll who runs those sites has already been shown for what he is many times here. He is the Grand Master of " picking and choosing which post will stay, and which will be deleted" Give him a gram of credibility at your own peril.
I agree Jeff. For Chrissakes a lot of ya'll must bruise easy with the thin-skin some of you have. I for one enjoyed Allan's contributions. Did he like to start ****? Sure, he did, I'm considered pretty damn abrasive in real life too. What cracks me up is how many people on here took his bait every time. It must be an internet thing because I find it hard to believe that you can be so easily provoked in real life.
Agreed. You should read about him in the Texas section "car wash" thread or the general discussion "who owns this enzo thread" or the "you guys are lucky" thread in general discussion. Rob should ban this guy! As far as Allan goes, I have read his stuff for a long time on Nsxprime and other boards. I think he has a flair that a lot of people don't like. I personally don't care. I think he is funny at times, harsh at times, but brings great knowledge nonetheless. He brings a needed dose of reality at times to this board. Sure he goes overboard at times, but that is his personality and I don't mind. As far as his porn stuff, I think I clicked on ONE link the whole time I have been here. I don't care to look at porn, and just don't click on the link. It is simple as that, just self control on my part. Everyone has their own opinions. I think DES/NNO can get overbearing at times with his extreme political correctness, and that bothers me too at times. I am a colored person who is poor and have many things going against me, and I don't even find half the stuff offensive that DES does. But DES/NNO overall is a good contributor and I enjoy his posts. In essence this is just a car board, where I come to get away from the other parts of my life. It is not a perfect world, and drama is entertaining though at times cumbersome. If I am in the mood, I check out the drama, if I am not, I don't simple as that. At the end of the day, it is Rob's board, thus Rob's rules. -Ryan Z. *By the way, I have personally been banned from 1 board in about 9 years of Forum browsing.*
Enough with thin-skin already. A$$holes are a$$holes. If he was in my business or home, I'd throw him out. Why don't you Fiedler lovers form Fiedler-chat? So you can all sit in awe of his vast knowledge, rapt with his witty comebacks... "WaaWaaWaa Fiedler is gone, bring him back!!"... there's wit for you.
Hey Sfumato, who are you exactly? (If you don't mind me asking.) There was talk about it being somehow relevant in another thread, yet noone actually gave any answer... Thanks.
well...this thread is useless....rob has already stated that allan won't be coming back.you can't have light without dark,good without bad,NNO without Allan......
I would prefer to have him back. Any well spoken individual with somewhat sound reasoning should not be considered a liability. Looking at this thread there seems to be an overwhelming amount of support for bring him back. So why he was banned.......simply for the needs of a few?
Yes, it will be nice to see if others acted bad just because of Allan or if they are just bad in general.
No disrespect, but this goes back more than 3 months. As expected, Allan's supporters are either Non Ferrari people or new to the board. Allan actually hadn't been as bad of recent. Look at the users against Allan and most are long time users of FC and very well respected.
Hey Rob, I've been lurking here since late 2002, and first signed up not long after (lost my original profile when the site changed...wouldn't mind it back actually), and I don't/didn't really have a problem with Allan. He was sortof like a court jester, and a knowledgable one at that; I took him at face value. I found people getting upset over his often very amusing insults really quite petty and unneccesary. I'd like to add that I will certainly miss the little jumping blue lambo when scrolling through threads. The little bouncing icon represented for me a boyish mischievousness, which Allan's wild shots at various people often resembled.
