With the recent change in ownership here, Autopia has (at least in my opinion) created a new spark of open-mindedness in regards to the sharing of information relevant to the advancement of the online detailing movement. With this concentration and effort by the new forum owners, I feel this community has become even more non-biased than ever before and if properly monitored can keep moving forward. With this said, I’d like to propose a suggestion to both the forum owners and its members that may or may not strike people equally. Many of the newer members may not even have an opinion to this request. Others may open their arms wide open embracing the gesture and others may revolt for more uknown or even selfish reasons. I’ve personally followed/reviewed/studied banned forum member’s posts and many, if not most, have really shared invaluable information that anyone can learn from. Allowing these members back *could* not only reopen the flood gates of excellent information, but advance this forum to an unparalled level that all other forums can only envy to be like. Throughout my search I’ve compiled a list of these “banned” members and they are listed below. I’ve personally reached out to a couple of these people to see what they thought and by overwhelming response several have agreed to return. There is no guarantee that all or many of these members will return to Autopia if allowed to. But, at a bear minimum, by lifting their banned status IMHO gives them the respectful gesture to clear their name of possible injustices that led to their termination from the community in the 1st place.
I’ve created this thread with a voting mechanism so that the results can be monitored and can serve as democratic measurement to show how this community feels as a whole. Please place your vote according to what you truly believe. If you find yourself on the fence about your decision I encourage you to do a search under these members’ names and review their posts. Please keep an open mind and feel free to add to the list if needed. Forgive me in advance if I’ve left people from the list.
Bretfraz
ZoranC
Forrest
Grumpy
TOGWT
WilliamHBonney
NozeBleedSpeed
stevet
Burlyq
DetailGirl
TW85 HHI
Shiny Lil Detlr
VIKING
bufferman71
SVR
Holden_C04
VaSuperShine
BillNorth
Greg
GoudyL
Miracle (aka PaulDalton)
Mirrorfinishman
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