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Please GNHQ ... would you consider letting *EllanVannin* come back to this site?

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Urmstongran Fri 03-Dec-21 15:34:03

This lady of 81y lives alone and GN was a great source of company for her. These long winter days are difficult for many to cope with at the best of times. I learned recently that she was given a lifetime ban. I feel very sad about this.

In the spirit of ? and goodwill to all, would you let her rejoin?

LindaPat Fri 03-Dec-21 18:05:35

Please add my name to the support for EV. I don't know why she was banned, but this site is so important to many people, especially those living alone.

In the spirit of the season, please let her return.

Take care xx

toscalily Fri 03-Dec-21 18:07:18

I too would like to add my name to the list asking for EV to be re-instated. I cannot imagine what can have been said to warrant such a ban but surely considering what we have all been through these past months it is time to reconsider how & why these decisions are made.

mrswoo Fri 03-Dec-21 18:12:07

I cannot understand how or why EV has been given a lifetime ban.Like so many others I always enjoyed her posts - I found her to be wise, witty and intelligent. At times she might possibly have misjudged her remarks - but did that really warrant such harsh measures.

Please, GNHQ, reinstate her.

lavenderzen Fri 03-Dec-21 18:12:24

Please add my name to the list of members supporting the return of Ellan. We miss her, her quirky sense of humourr, her crumpets etc. Sometimes this is the only place people have to come to talk in the dark times we have gone through and there may be more ahead.

Please reconsider your decision. Thank you.

Mapleleaf Fri 03-Dec-21 18:17:56

I don’t know what it is she has been tried and found guilty of by GNHQ, and I suppose that will remain the knowledge of only themselves and EV, and we will never be told. However, a lifetime ban does seem draconian. People get less for committing manslaughter.

Oldbutstilluseful Fri 03-Dec-21 18:18:16

I would be so pleased if you would reconsider this ban and second every one of the above posts. It would mean a great deal to those of us who read the Good Morning thread as she is a kind and compassionate lady who shared her life with us.
I will report my post in the hope this draws attention.

Please GN, show some kindness.

mrshat Fri 03-Dec-21 18:20:13

I am another who would like to add my name to the list for EV to be reinstated. An 81 year old, living on her own? It beggars belief that in this day and age that she has been banned from the support of her friends on this site. This is, supposedly, the season of goodwill. Over to your GNHQ. Thank you.

LilyoftheValley Fri 03-Dec-21 18:21:15

I have no idea why the lady was banned - if we knew what had been said we would know whether to support her or not.

Grannynise Fri 03-Dec-21 18:35:09

I can't imagine what anyone could write that merits such draconian measures. As others have said, we are all adults and able to ignore anything we dislike or find offensive. Anyway, being offended makes us think.
Oh just let the poor woman come back!

tickingbird Fri 03-Dec-21 18:41:00

I’ll add my name to this. It’s so harsh to ban EV for life - it seems so over the top. Please reinstate this lady - please ??

mokryna Fri 03-Dec-21 18:43:35

I would like to add my name to the list asking for the reinstatement of EV. I have no idea why she was banned but surely it’s time we saw her again.

Lucca Fri 03-Dec-21 18:47:50

Agree. A lifetime ban is unkind and unnecessary.

Sar53 Fri 03-Dec-21 18:50:47

I too would like my name added to the list to reinstate EV.

I cannot imagine what an 81 year old lady could have said to warrant a life time ban.

Come on GNHQ please do the decent thing.

Urmstongran Fri 03-Dec-21 18:51:56

Thank you LauraNorderr (and then you too OBSU) I wouldn’t have thought or known about reporting a post so the mods could look at it.

Shows what really happens doesn’t it? They act on reports. Probably don’t spend time on here ‘just looking’ for perceived misdemeanours.

NannyJan53 Fri 03-Dec-21 18:57:11

I too would like to add my name to this request. EV was a much loved and valued member, and I always enjoyed her posts on the Good Morning thread.

Parsley3 Fri 03-Dec-21 18:58:04

Has anyone any idea of the incident that led to EV being banned? What was so terrible? The precedent of allowing banned posters to return has already been set with no undesirable consequences, as far as I know.

westendgirl Fri 03-Dec-21 19:08:29

I add my name asking for her return, that's if she would like to .A lifetime ban seems rather top heavy .

SkyBird Fri 03-Dec-21 19:13:20

Poor EV convicted by a Kangaroo Court.
She often brought a smile to my face with her love of crumpets and daily reports of her menu.
If there is any justice let her return.

Wheniwasyourage Fri 03-Dec-21 19:13:31

Please add my name too. I think lifetime bans are well over the top, and I can't imagine that EV could possibly have deserved it anyway.

I am interested to see that people whose opinions I never normally agree with are asking for her reinstatement, so you have obviously hit a nerve with a wide variety of GNers!

Poppyjo Fri 03-Dec-21 19:16:19

I am sure we have all at sometime in our lives said things which have come back to haunt us. ?. I have never seen anything written by this lady. It sounds as if she is much loved.

She too must be very sad and missing the Gransnet family. Christmas is a time for giving and caring GNHQ. Please forgive and let her come back. Thank you

Nannagarra Fri 03-Dec-21 19:30:20

Is there to be no room for EV in the inn this Christmas?

BlueBelle Fri 03-Dec-21 19:31:45

If everyone reports their own post that might give GNHQ a message

JaneJudge Fri 03-Dec-21 19:32:05

I am pretty new/slow/absent/etc but everyone doesn't understand why she has gone so let her back in?
she is 81 fgs and lives alone. If Gransnet don't let her back in the job centre will find her fit to work soon

Aldom Fri 03-Dec-21 19:34:06

I've reported mine too. smile

BlueBelle Fri 03-Dec-21 19:36:17

Reported mine too can we all do it an avalanche