[MR] please advise re: on-line abuse

[Nicole Spaun]

Pardon that I am responding publicly instead of privately, but I wanted to be sure to add the following.  Should your name or email address re-appear there, then contact the host of the website, in this case the St Louis Community College, and inform them of the exchange.  One can argue about whether putting your name there is his first amendment right or not, but chances are the host of the website will pull it anyway to err on the side of not-chancing-being-sued.  At a minimum it would serve to have someone official get involved, potentially 'snapping him out of it' if this gentleman is just caught in a negativity loop.
Cheers,
~Bianca  
 
~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ Lady Bianca di Bari, Chronicler for the Barony of Stierbach, Atlantia 'Per bend wavy sable and azure, a comet bendwise inverted and a comet bendwise argent'  > From: SNSpies at aol.com> Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 00:10:48 -0400> To: sca-laurels at ansteorra.org; atlantia at atlantia.sca.org; laurels at atlantia.sca.org> Subject: [MR] please advise re: on-line abuse> > There has been a "Virtual Museum of Medieval Archaeology" on-line with > pictures from many museums posted by Michael Fuller and Neathery Fuller. In going > through their wonderful pictures, I discovered two captions that were > incorrect. Knowing how important correct historical information is for > researchers, reenactors, etc., I wrote to Mr. Fuller and pointed the two discrepancies > out.> > One was that the pottery from a Crusader castle in the Middle East was made > by Arabic/local artisans rather than "possibly Crusader made" (or words to > that effect).> > The second was that a piece of "Egyptian knitting" was actually nalbinding.> > I was polite; I was factual. > > In response to the first, Mr. Fuller wrote back, "And which Crusader sites > and castles have you personally excavated and analyzed?"> > My response was, "Goodness, I am surprised at your questions. I did not > mean to offend, simply to point out that the crusaders didn't actually make that > pottery. Certainly, it was found in their sites and castles as they used it > extensively. Thank you again for your wonderful photos. They are a > valuable asset on-line."> > In response to the second, Mr. Fuller responded, "I have removed all of my > web pages linked to the Fuller Virtual Museum and noted that SCAdians should > address all their questions to you."> > Needless to say, I have been baffled by these responses. And you can > imagine my anger upon going to the web page -- > _http://users.stlcc.edu/mfuller/sca/sca.html_ (http://users.stlcc.edu/mfuller/sca/sca.html) -- and reading the > following.> "Michael Fuller and Neathery Fuller are professional archaeologists/college > professors with 30 years experience in Medieval Archaeology in the Middle East > and Europe. Continued complaints about inaccuracies in the museum captions > for the artifacts have led me to remove these pages. I bow to the expertise > of Nancy Spies, Arelate Studio _www.weavershand.com/ArelateStudio.html_ > (http://www.weavershand.com/ArelateStudio.html) Ingvild Josefsdatter, OL Kingdom > of Atlantia."> > I have several questions that I please need answered.> > 1. Why is Mr. Fuller reacting like this and why is he so angry at having a > couple minor caption problems pointed out? Is he not a scholar who values > correct information for research? This is really bothering me.> > 2. How would you suggest I go about getting that nasty message and my > personal information removed from his web page? I would prefer to avoid legal > measures but will go that route if need be. > > 3. It is grossly unfair to everyone that he, well, childishly removed all > the pictures and links from the web page. How can this resource be returned > to all of you?> > I am flummoxed by this whole thing. Please respond privately to me if you > have any insights and suggestions. Thank you.> > Nancy Spies> Ingvild Josefsdatter, OL> Atlantia> > > > > > > > > > **************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel > deal here. > (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047)> ========================================================================> The Merry Rose Tavern at Cheapside> List Info: http://merryrose.atlantia.sca.org/> Submissions: Atlantia at atlantia.sca.org> Subscriptions: http://seahorse.atlantia.sca.org/mailman/listinfo/atlantia