Gossip is utterly boring and not at all creative if you have any real evidence of any of us doing something awful start an off topic thread and mercilessly take the perps down a peg Ming (we like a laugh on the off topic section).
Off topic bitter satire based on hard evidence is the best way to tackle any genuine naughty behaviour in my experience.
The truth is out there, everyone get's a laugh and let's off steam, the air is as cleared as it can be and people move on.
This is a project specific thread (with a few giggles around the edges).
From the evidence of my eyes from reading this thread people who contribute here do so because they want Ady to succeed and until I see proof otherwise I assume Angel to be the same. I always assume people are telling the truth until proved otherwise, it's led to some painful and costly events in my life but it's on the whole been not a bad rule of thumb.
Saying Angel has got a following because some people like some of his mockups is daft.
Some people like my puerile visual gags but that does constitute a 'following' and I always encourage people who post ideas not to Ady's taste to put them into one of the ideas threads so someone else might use them and other editors have taken some of Angel's mockups as inspiration for possible use in their work and they move too.
I don't like all of his mockups and clearly not all of them would work with this project but I defend people who try to make a contribution financially, intellectually or artistically.
I've stood up for people like fishmanlee and Janskeet from time to time (even though I frequently disagreed with some of their activities and many of their ideas).
You never know where an amazing idea or possibility will come from and if people are willing to donate their effort and time free of charge that should be encouraged and gratefully received or politely refused.
I don't think any of the ideas I put on this thread will manifest as moments in Ady's edit but I hope I have been helpful and that's the best any of us can do.