@darlicious Sorry, I didn't think I was pulling you into this argument as you had already been actively participating in it.
Yes I was surprised to read that you actively private messaging Luddite about his choices of accepted solutions and I had no idea how frequently this was done until you clarified that it's only done occasionally. I'll also admit that very occasionally I'm surprised with the solution accepted by him, which would also include, once or twice, a solution given to my post, when I personally would have selected (IMO) another poster. Of course, quite often that goes the other way too, so in the end it all feels a little like "six of one, half a dozen of the other" and, therefore, hardly worth fretting about. I have no doubt that sometimes awarding a solution one post over another is going to be difficult, however, I'm quite happy to respect that decision since this a voluntary (as I understand) part of his oracle duties.
I take your point that some of my words could have been better chosen in my previous post and will edit accordingly, However, I still find the idea of private conversations, about the merits of a chosen solution in an effort to change it, a little troubling and would much prefer that being discussed openly.
BTW most of the time I don't really care if Computergeek chooses to move parts of thread to the Lounge if the discussion is no longer relevant to the question asked by the OP and believe he was justified in moving this one.
