Help me, Ronda

It’s some 15 months since I started my website www.help-me-ronda.com. It has grown and grown and is a pretty comprehensive one-stop-shop” for information about all aspects of life in the Serranía de Ronda.

^{Website owner Paul Whitelock [selfie]}

Review

As a result of feedback from friends and also readers unknown to me, it’s time for a review of the website, it’s aims and objectives and its fitness-for-purpose.

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Unfortunately, some contributors have “hi-jacked” the site for their own ends, eg to push their personal agendas, often flooding the linked Facebook site with posts which have nothing to do with the underlying premise of the site, ie a one-stop-shop for information and advice about the Serrania de Ronda and the occasional excursion further afield. 

A number of registered followers have left, frustrated by this irrelevant and controversial material. I should like to win them back to “Help me, Ronda” Mark II.

What will happen?

In consultation with close friends who have experience in the field of online communication, I have decided to take back control.  

All posts to the website or to the linked Facebook and WhatsApp forums will be subject to my approval. 

In so doing, I hope to eradicate rants; propaganda on TikTok and other platforms; the use of pseudonyms and noms de plume; in fact, anything that does not fit into the ethos of “Help me, Ronda”. 

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I hope to turn this around quickly. I work on the website every morning for several hours. 

^{[Photo courtesy of Egyptian Openings]}

So, if you have something relevant to say or to post, please stay with us. 

And if you are moved to contribute the odd post, please do so. Recipes are particularly welcome, as are restaurant, art, film and theatre reviews or suggested excursions. 

You will get full credit. 

If you have a business or a service to advertise, please contact me at info@help-me-ronda.com   

Timescale

I’ll need some time to implement these changes.

I intend to make a start this weekend, so please bear with me. I am also considering changing the look of the website. 

In the meantime, please would trolls, propagandists, scammers and extremists desist from any further posts. 

You will no doubt find more appropriate websites elsewhere. 

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© Paul Whitelock    

Acknowledgements:

Delphine Du Boys, Freida Maybury, Ian Love, Julia Flynn, Karl Smallman, Kathryn Ogilvy, Marilyn Vallance, Nick Flynn, Rita Whitelock   

Photos and Images:   

Egyptian Openings, Facebook, Paul Whitelock

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