MCA,
I sense by your tone, that I have angered you. That was a risk I took in starting this thread but it was not my intention. We both hold strongly to our opinions.
The guidelines were written by consensus of the top 25 and not without RFC as you claim. There was much consternation over the fact you were absent during the process. I am sorry you did not get to participate. In the end, the consensus was to have separate and distict forums. The guidelines simply ask that they be respected. If we did away with guidelines we would have anarchy. Then we may as well have just one forum because everyone would post wherever.
The moving of threads from the UDF Library was not my doing but I support the moderator(s) that did. I see the original guideline topic was moved, but another more concise one took its place.
http://www.kixtart.org/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=12;t=000250
You seem to take exception to the "chatroom" like threads that several top 25 members participate in. To that I say that these members have volunteered a lot of their time to this board and therefore should be allowed a bit of fun. So long as they don't hyjaak someone's thread again, or take their chats to the more serious forums.
I think you are probably the only person to keep an extensive list of URLs to old threads and so perhaps the only one inconvenienced by their move. At least you are the only one to complain.
In closing I would like to say that if you don't like the wording of the guidelines, you have the freedom (in General Discussions at least) to start an RFC. You are a valued member here and it is not my intention to drive you away.
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