i'd like to address the issue, how the future turns out.
Terry and a couple assistants might be able to get the old threads back up. It is real work, and maybe it won't happen for a while.
This fellow Joe T. is already aware of what he did. I propose no action be taken.
A bigger and more general subject is how a forum, any forum, can handle people whose "Conduct" goes bad. This has been discussed in internet forums thousands of times already.
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Another bigger and more general subject is how a forum, any forum, can handle people of differing levels of expertise. Here is where I think we can make progress.
First off, I'll guess that Joe was not in agreement with non-qualified people answering questions that required a technical person to answer in real life. Not to defend his position, just to see if I have put my finger on a delicate subject. I'll criticize Joe Tedesco a few paragraphs later, so hear me out.
Another member (with "electrical guy" in his handle) has issued challenges to people who help out DIY and newbies, about their qualifications. I see a pattern here. His challenges are not pleasant, and they seem to imply that only someone with all the highest professional accreditation can speak, at that point, although "At what point?" is always the ill-defined thing.
In plumbing, we see often that the Master Plumbers post that a true answer is beyond the scope of what a discussion board can provide, and besides, the help-seeker may not be qualified to understand the information either... and then other less qualified people start posting tips, ideas and partial solutions. (I can list plumbing threads from the last 48 hours to illustrate this). In this site, in plumbing, it usually doesn't lead to any animosity, and then what little friction does develop dies out again fairly soon, usually but not always.
A word about Professionals: they have massive constraints placed on them by their Codes, which cover the physical world, and also by their Codes of Conduct, which cover their relations with the public and with each other.
I'll bet that Joe T. knows technical Codes well, but not the Codes of Conduct (Deontology) and that he needs to learn this before taking action that harms the reputation of all the others of his profession. Apparently he is some kind of NEC inspector. Maybe a freelancer. If he were a member of a professional body, and not just an outsider evaluating the technical performance of members of that body, he would be required to pass exams on Conduct, and follow the rules of conduct or else be disciplined and sanctioned by that professional group.
Let us "challenge" Joe T to join professional associations that have rules of conduct and see if he can remain a member after they get wind of his general behavior and conduct. If he cannot get into Professional Associations that have entrance exams, he isn't an expert in the first place. Then, if he can get in, will he behave as he just did in this forum? Once he sees their codes of "how to live" he will have to tone down his antics.
David