Dear MNHQ, I didn't see all the problems kick off over poor Revjustabout...

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but I would be grateful if you could tell me that you have at least given serious consideration to banning the posters who were harrassing her.

Thank you.

Revthereabout would be
I think its odd for anyone to put their JOB as their posting name- is there not more to life?

i do agree, soph. it's a shit name, lol, let's be honest. (sorry rev).

well said LM.

ladymuck, franca, everyone, the more we look at this the more untenable the position looks.

justine, I don't think this is cogent really.

Well personally I agree with MNHQ's 18.27 message.

I thought she was on the reluctant worshipers threads in some sort of semi-official capacity (for the church not MN) - I thought that because of various things she has said on here. I have learned today that I was wrong and that I misunderstood. I think (for her sake) it is probably a good thing that is cleared up.

pmsl @ Aitch

I agree completely.

The MNHQ rationale is incoherent. And the idea that posters could be phoned at home and asked to justify their credentials is frightening.

The whole incident smacks of victim blaming at best, and some sort of collusion with those formerly prolific posters who seem to have it in for the Rev at worst.

It is a wierd set of prioirities given the all around god-eggness of the Rev vs the appalling behaviour of the haranguers.

jute if you thought that and if it had any worrying impact why on earth didn't you ask her?

it isn't her mistake it's yours isn't it?

Actually, more I think about the more I think that justabout should emphatically NOT change her name.

JudgeFlounce has been referred to as an example of a profession being used in a name in order to con. The difference between justabout and JF though is that JF most definitely was a troll and was giving misleading legal advice.

Firstly I would say that that that was far more damaging than giving wrong (if it is possible) religious advice. Unless revjustabout has been saying "of course you can have multiple wives and still be legally married in church. Go right ahead!" or "as the commandment says,thou SHALT commit adultery, so enjoy!"

And secondly justabout is patently NOT a troll.

So why should she have to namechange, unless she wants to?

have any of these people who object to her name actually ever looked at the Reluctant Worshippers threads at all?
What has she said that made you think she was here in a semi official capacity jute? I've not read anything to make me think that.

She jokes a lot. I think the name was partly in jest. but more fool her.

I always found her posts to be balanced, caring, intelligent even in the face of provocation.

Why was she picked on then?

she sounds like a thoughtful, liberal, intelligent, intellectual renegade member of the anglican church actually.

bit like my RL vicar!

I know i'm not the first person to say this, but the more I think about it the wierder it gets.

And as policywonk said earlier MNHQ seem very, um, unclear on this. Normally they let us see their workings, but not this time. Which is why, I think, their posts seem so unsatisfying.

I agree, pooka. Or if all Mumsnetters are truly equal then all login names should fall under the same scrutiny. It's only fair and honest after all.

So how many mumsnetters are there now? How many man hours do you think it would cost them to authorise each and every one (and after every name change, of course, just to be thorough).

Ruby

The Rev has been on MN for Some Considerable Time, posting as Justabout. She was an interested Christian, nothing more, for a while. Then she began her thingummy training which she posted about, then she was preliminarily(is that a word?)ordained and was v happy and we all (atheists/muslims/jews/christians) congratulated her.
I think that's why her job is in her name; that, and because she was organizing the RW thread.

winky one of two possible reasons as far as i can see:

best case scenario becuase she was a vociferous critic of the israeli govt's actions in gaza.

or

because she is a vociferous critic of the moldies website.

Or indeed both of those.

I really don't have a clue about the Reluctant worshipper thread, as I never go on the Philosophy/religion threads. I've never given too much thought at Rev's name either.

I read the gaza thread without knowing rev's posting history, tbh. And she was bullied, imho. Has that been addressed by MNHQ?
(sorry, I'm too tired to go and look in details what's been happening on mn in the last 3 days)

lots of posts deleted. then a conversation where mnhq and rev agreed to take rev out of her name.

The MNHQ post also implied she wasn't entitled to use Rev as she was a Deacon (which has since been disproved - Deacons can use the title Reverend) - I wonder if that was a factor in their "request".

Why does everyone think she was semi-official? She's here as a person. One who wants to help if she can, and occasionally asks for help herself.

Do any of you believe that the Dept of Education or whatever have sponsored ScienceTeacher to come on here? Do you refrain from questioning her, because she claims to be a science teacher?

and my English is crap tonight, apologies!

What made me think? The things she said about the Sindie- about how she was worried because her supervisor knew her MN name and how she talked to him about her mn posts. I don't remember the exact words, but I thought it was odd.

Why didn't I ask? Because I wasn't that bothered. 'd a few times at some posts, but tbh have bigger things to worry about than whether a rev's posts are likely to upset the church. I'm not a churchgoer or even a christian so it didn't feature on my radar much (sorry). I probably only noticed it at all because my lawyer dh is so obsessive about things he says online & I thought it odd someone would be do what I thought she was doing.

I do think its good for her for people to realise that she's not posting officially - clearly I wasn't the only one who thought that. Means she can post what she likes if everyone is clear these are her own opinions and not representative of an organisation.

ruby: justabout was around for ages and always had good and very informed opinions on church matters (threads that normal most people would not exactly hang around on). She posted one thread one day (a year or so ago?) saying "Which Mumsnetter is the least likely to be ordained?" and then talked about her forthcoming ordination about which she was nervous! When she was ordained she added the 'rev' just as a bit of a laugh TBH.