Immediately upon realising what Karsten had done (unsubbed Mike Huber) I wrote to Rob and then separately to Karsten asking the one to remove Karsten from the listadmins and informing the other of said request.

Having one's admin status removed for arbitrary unsubscribing of list members who dare to argue with you is not something that merits discussion. It's what happens.

It was done off-list, in private.

Karsten was treated ABSOLUTELY fairly. Whatever he did subsequently had nothing to do with the list admins.

In the final analysis, what we're discussing is one of the larger internet hissy fits I've seen. Karsten has been scathing in criticism of others in the past and yet when exposed to some blistering criticism heading in his direction, he flounces off like a sulky 10-year old.

And finally: the website registrations were not the point. The amount of list traffic generated or not was irrelevant. What was the point was that Karsten did not bother to take the time to ask the list members. And yes, you *do* have to ask before fooling around with the list. It's called "manners", something which seems to have been forgotten in the who's right/who's wrong debate.