Goodbye and good luck to all.

  • I’m out of the blogging business. I’m through trying to manage a site using WordPress. It is no longer fun, and the constant maintenance of all the plugins (if you can find them) and the spam tools and the themes and everything else has made me realise that my online experience has become more about the tool and less about the community and the creative work that I wish to do.

    I don’t code, nor create plugins or themes. My contribution was to try to help build a community, since I had no other skills to offer. I’ve been pushed to the periphery, and am simply ignored as a disgruntled user. So be it.

    WordPress is a great tool. The developers are all very skilled and have worked very hard. The contributing coders and plugin writers and theme designers have done much to enhance the toolset. I sincerely thank them all for their dedication to the project. In addition to them, I’m very thankful for the many folks who have pitched in to develop Codex. What a Herculean effort they have made and Codex now bears the fruit of this oft-maligned and thankless task. I’m glad to be able to say that I enjoyed working with some of you on that project.

    I’m saddened that many requests and suggestions have seemingly fallen off the radar, or appear to be ignored. The support forums themselves have been the subject of much criticism for a long time, and I don’t sense an urgency to deal with those issues. The push is to forward the toolkit, and, in my opinion, it’s at the expense of the users. Many people ask about and think about the next version of WordPress, and while that is always important to keep in mind, a pause and retooling of the WordPress community resources are long past due.

    There are too many places to try and track all of the plugins, hacks, themes, tutorials, and documents associated with WordPress. I have become increasingly agitated by the difficulty of trying to find the right plugin here or the right setup information there. I can only imagine how daunting this must be for a new user.

    I want to make special mention of one man who has done so much to help so many – Podz. Thank you so much for all that you have done, usually with little or no thanks or the recognition that is usually attributed to the coders. You are a credit to the community, and I’m proud to call you my friend. I wish you much success and happiness, Podz.

    I extend my sincere thanks to all those who have ever visited my site, shared a laugh or debate, or have supported me in a myriad of ways during some troubled times. You are the essence of community.

    To all who visit this forum and offer support, advice, feedback, and opinions of all kinds, I thank you as well. Keep up the good work, and don’t ever let the project become more important than those it serves.

    All of my sites have been taken down. I am now totally offline, and at this time, I do now what the future holds for the online presence of Nuclear Moose.

    Best wishes to you all.
    Signing off,
    Craig Hartel
    a.k.a. Nuclear Moose.

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  • The forums can indeed be a war zone sometimes and some of the most vetern folks are usually to be blamed for inciting it.

    Most novices/newbees come here without much prior knowledge of WP, or forums or blogging and get blasted lack of knowledge and that’s not right.

    But hard to control the posters on a volunteer, and largely open forums.

    @ Moose and TG, whatever you reasons are leaving, good luck.

    Regards

    dude.. its not a shame.. outsource the work if you dont have time and cant be bothered.. dont moan about it.. or go get a blogger.com account

    You leave a lot Moose. Last time I was here you were leaving cause of spammers. I hope you change your mind again, rather than ceding defeat.

    jonlandrum – hey, woah, simmer down now…. it was *never* my intention to say “screw the forums.” It has it’s place. And has nothing to do with my leaving WP.

    My issues go beyond the forums, and in no way impact how I feel about the community. There’s a wonderful community here, and it shouldn’t fall apart. It’s seen worse and it will see worse, and it’ll survive somehow. It always seems to. However this dissillusioned gnome’s needs have changed and I’m no longer interested in running things as they are. It’s an evolution, just like all things.

    Tg

    Sorry to see you go nuclear moose, hope you reconsider your decision… its always a sad day when old timers go.. anyways good luck and god bless.

    Really sorry to see you go Moose. You’ve helped me much.

    It’s about time something like this happened. The day I conquer WP, I will join you…

    …this all seems way to serious.

    indeed, latinastyln. moose is a decent guy but god knows this forum (like many others, btw) is littered with egos way too big for them to sustain themselves over the long run.

    Combine that with the recent rapid growth that wp has seen and you are bound to get sore feelings as those egos go unstroked by the same old people. See the recent “oh the wp forums are growing, things are changing so much, woe is me” posts on some of the “regular” members own blogs for proof of that.

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    That has to be the most inconsiderate comment that I’ve heard in a long time. Craig (NuclearMoose) is a real person, a good person, and a far better person than I am. Ever since he started here, Craig has devoted most of his free time to volunteering support in these forums. He has helped both those who deserve his help and those who deserve far less, and in return, he has asked for nothing. In all honesty, he has been one of the leaders of these forums. To pass him off as just another ego is one of the biggest insults that I have ever read in these forums.

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