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EarlG

(21,894 posts)
Wed Oct 29, 2014, 12:24 PM Oct 2014

Say hello to our new MIR Team!

This discussion thread was locked by Skinner (a host of the Announcements group).

The job of the Malicious Intruder Removal Team is to ban people who join DU with the intent to disrupt. MIR Team members are volunteers, and they serve for a three-month term.

If you are a member of the MIR Team, you should have access to the access-restricted Malicious Intruder Removal Forum. It should appear as a red folder on your Forums & Groups page, and in the left column of any page (if you view DU in "Standard" mode).

Thank you to everyone who volunteered!

The MIR Team, October 2014 - January 2015

NEW THIS TERM

Atman
Autumn
azurnoir
Behind the Aegis
Blanks
cbayer
charlie and algernon
Douglas Carpenter
hlthe2b
In_The_Wind
ismnotwasm
iwillalwayswonderwhy
Kali
Kingofalldems
Kurska
marble falls
meow2u3
MindMover
NutmegYankee
OKNancy
pinto
Recursion
Scootaloo
SidDithers
yeoman6987

RETURNING FOR A SECOND TERM

awoke_in_2003
bluesbassman
greatauntoftriplets
LeftishBrit
mtnester
noiretextatique
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
RiffRandell
Sissyk
Violet_Crumble

Retiring members

Agschmid
arcane1
Bobbie Jo
CaliforniaPeggy
cyberswede
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Dragonfli
hrmjustin
icymist
intheflow
maddezmom
newcriminal
NRaleighLiberal
octoberlib
one_voice
petronius
Ptah
Rhiannon12866
rug
Terra Alta
uppityperson
Warren DeMontague
William769

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Say hello to our new MIR Team! (Original Post) EarlG Oct 2014 OP
Kthx shenmue Oct 2014 #1
Welcome to the new team and thank you to the old one! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2014 #2
Good luck, New Team, and thank you for stepping up! petronius Oct 2014 #3
A fine list of MIRT members we have there! I miss it already! arcane1 Oct 2014 #4
Yay! progressoid Oct 2014 #5
Hello. merrily Oct 2014 #6
Congratulations everyone! Baitball Blogger Oct 2014 #7
Happy hunting guys! hrmjustin Oct 2014 #8
Hello, new MIRT team! cyberswede Oct 2014 #9
Welcome to the new team, thank you to the old one, for volunteering your time, efforts uppityperson Oct 2014 #10
Thank you all! femmocrat Oct 2014 #11
SidDithers is a dangerous maniac who must be stopped at all costs!!!!!!1! Orrex Oct 2014 #12
Damn...looks like a tough bunch. Wait Wut Oct 2014 #13
Looks like my sock puppets are going back in the drawer for a while... Callmecrazy Oct 2014 #14
Good luck all! Agschmid Oct 2014 #15
Sid is on board? awoke_in_2003 Oct 2014 #16
Yay and THANKS to you all! BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2014 #17
It's great to see so many giving it a try for the first time - and familiar names as well. NRaleighLiberal Oct 2014 #18
miss you buddy! hrmjustin Oct 2014 #21
Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2014 #19
"...people who join DU with the intent to disrupt." Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2014 #20
you make it more fun! hrmjustin Oct 2014 #22
Don't let it get around. I have a reputation to maintain. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2014 #23
well, it's a dirty job but tomm2thumbs Oct 2014 #24
Thanks all malaise Nov 2014 #25
Thank you all~ sheshe2 Nov 2014 #26

shenmue

(38,503 posts)
1. Kthx
Wed Oct 29, 2014, 12:27 PM
Oct 2014

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,308 posts)
2. Welcome to the new team and thank you to the old one!
Wed Oct 29, 2014, 12:29 PM
Oct 2014

It was a great term and I enjoyed working with the group.

It never ceases to amaze me at just how many malicious intruders batter at our walls every day. Without MIRT, we would be swamped.


petronius

(26,581 posts)
3. Good luck, New Team, and thank you for stepping up!
Wed Oct 29, 2014, 12:32 PM
Oct 2014
 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
4. A fine list of MIRT members we have there! I miss it already!
Wed Oct 29, 2014, 12:33 PM
Oct 2014



I miss it already!

progressoid

(49,827 posts)
5. Yay!
Wed Oct 29, 2014, 12:34 PM
Oct 2014

merrily

(45,251 posts)
6. Hello.
Wed Oct 29, 2014, 12:38 PM
Oct 2014

Many of those names belong to posters I respect, whether I agree with them or disagree with them.

May you all have fewer and fewer trolls to MIRTer and thanks to the outgoing posters for making the experience more enjoyable. I have observed some quick action and not once did I disagree if I had seen the post that caused the sudden departure of NAME REMOVED.

Baitball Blogger

(46,576 posts)
7. Congratulations everyone!
Wed Oct 29, 2014, 12:45 PM
Oct 2014

And thank you to all the old members.

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
8. Happy hunting guys!
Wed Oct 29, 2014, 12:47 PM
Oct 2014

cyberswede

(26,117 posts)
9. Hello, new MIRT team!
Wed Oct 29, 2014, 12:52 PM
Oct 2014


Thanks for stepping up!

uppityperson

(115,674 posts)
10. Welcome to the new team, thank you to the old one, for volunteering your time, efforts
Wed Oct 29, 2014, 01:13 PM
Oct 2014

New team, please check out the Know Your Troll and How to MIRT threads, welcome, good luck and have fun zapping the returnees and helping keep DU a better place.

Retiring members, thanks and it was good to work together. This last term was quite good, thank you and catch out around out here.

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
11. Thank you all!
Wed Oct 29, 2014, 01:52 PM
Oct 2014


Orrex

(63,086 posts)
12. SidDithers is a dangerous maniac who must be stopped at all costs!!!!!!1!
Wed Oct 29, 2014, 03:01 PM
Oct 2014

Come on--you must have suspected it all along.

Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)
13. Damn...looks like a tough bunch.
Wed Oct 29, 2014, 03:06 PM
Oct 2014

Callmecrazy

(3,065 posts)
14. Looks like my sock puppets are going back in the drawer for a while...
Wed Oct 29, 2014, 04:19 PM
Oct 2014

Agschmid

(28,749 posts)
15. Good luck all!
Thu Oct 30, 2014, 12:26 AM
Oct 2014
 

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
16. Sid is on board?
Thu Oct 30, 2014, 02:41 AM
Oct 2014

GREAT- he has a nose (and memory) for repeat offenders.

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
17. Yay and THANKS to you all!
Thu Oct 30, 2014, 12:21 PM
Oct 2014

NRaleighLiberal

(59,940 posts)
18. It's great to see so many giving it a try for the first time - and familiar names as well.
Thu Oct 30, 2014, 02:31 PM
Oct 2014

It was a wonderful double term, as always - to my old friends, see you around on the big board. To the new team - go get 'em!

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
21. miss you buddy!
Thu Oct 30, 2014, 09:55 PM
Oct 2014

Response to EarlG (Original post)

 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
20. "...people who join DU with the intent to disrupt."
Thu Oct 30, 2014, 06:40 PM
Oct 2014

Huh?

I thought that was me.

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
22. you make it more fun!
Thu Oct 30, 2014, 09:56 PM
Oct 2014
 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
23. Don't let it get around. I have a reputation to maintain.
Thu Oct 30, 2014, 11:10 PM
Oct 2014

tomm2thumbs

(13,297 posts)
24. well, it's a dirty job but
Fri Oct 31, 2014, 03:16 AM
Oct 2014

someone's got to enjoy doing it!

break a leg!

malaise

(267,845 posts)
25. Thanks all
Thu Nov 6, 2014, 08:58 PM
Nov 2014

sheshe2

(83,356 posts)
26. Thank you all~
Thu Nov 6, 2014, 09:35 PM
Nov 2014

Incoming and outgoing, you are all fantastic!

Thanks EarlG and there was a Name Removed on this thread...

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