It's very late where I live, so I'll keep this brief and reply to other points later. As indicated by this thread a lot of people really like working with Nico.Do we really want our community to have the lowest common denominator of what everyone can stomach communication-wise, determine who can participate?
I don't think so.
See point #5 below (and sorry for the formatting). This is not "the lowest common denominator" at all - We've heard many complaints over several years from others the community, including long-time contributors who have been around much longer than you. A line was drawn, and then subsequently crossed.