German Abbreviation

[Larry deZeng]

Mr. Williams -

In an earlier post in this thread, you mentioned a Soldbuch and the entries there in. Soldbuecher are a collectible and usually purchased, sold and traded by militaria collectors. I made a fair assumption.

You also reacted somewhat negatively to the post made by SES. My comment was an attempt to explain SES's reaction. SES is a highly respected colleague and I will always rise to his defense when I believed him to be on solid ground.

Next time just ask if someone can interpret the entries in a Soldbuch and e-mail a scan of it to the volunteer. My co-author, Doug, and I have done close to 2,000 Luftwaffen-Karteikarten over the past year and a half and these are nearly identical to the Soldbuch entries. We would be glad to help.

L. deZ.

[John Beaman]

OK, guys, this thread seems to have calmed down. But, let me reiterate that personal commentary on people's motives have no place on the forum. If you don't like it, don't answer a post. If you think something is way out of line email me or Nick and we'll take a look. Both of us monitor the site several times a day.

As for people "using the site" for profit or whatever, that is your choice to reply or not. There have been other complaints about such activity and when polled, the responder(s) said they did not mind answering, so there. Again, you do not have to answer.

Recall this forum hosts a fantastic number of great researchers and writers. Some do not always command the English language well, but they, for the most part, do well, so let's be patient, especially with "newbies". We all had to start somewhere.

As we all know, this is the best such forum on the web, with the participation of so many "experten/experts" who can answer and help. The collective knowledge base here is beyond belief. Do not screw it up with personal chastisements and impatience.