Problem #97 with this forum: people's jokes are not always understood. I see where edeph is coming from with this, to be honest. I know the people he has named have never said anything non-supportive towards him but the senses of humour on this board are very skewed and it is mostly impossible to tell when someone is joking so it is easy to hurt feelings. This isn't a criticism as such, more an observation. I've been on these forums on and off for 3 years or more now and I still cannot tell for the life of me whether or not people like Moist are joking (sorry to single you out, but you actively revel in that fact
).
On a side note I know there are people who have expressed concern at the thought of edeph joining SpA (though no one has, to my knowledge, outright rejected the idea, edeph, for what it is worth) as they consider him to have shown some immature behaviour and to have been a bit of a pest with his obsessions but I'd have to say we already have many members who are far less mature than he.
For what it is worth you'd likely get a yes vote from me, edeph, but I'd never offer it as me supporting someone would likely be the death knell for their application. Such is the way of this forum...