Theresa, I would urge caution to the torches and pitchforks, for they corner and harrass Yorkshirian all at the same time, for doing what they themselves do on a consistent basis.  If they were the ones being put on the spot, I'm sure they would feel it was they who were treated unfairly and would react sensitively to the belligerence coming from a bunch of people.  Whilst they feel happy to engage in WP:BRD and WP:IAR, he is not afforded the same courtesy and it is likely he never was, despite all of the hard work he has put into Wikipedia.