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I'm disappointed by those who have replied to this thread with sentiments along the lines of "take a chill pill, dude!", because it is clear that the point is being missed. All the talk about relative bandwidth and page load speeds also misses the point. <br /> <br />The point is common courtesy, and effective dialogue. There are a lot of very accomplished modelers roaming these pages, persons from whom I can learn a lot, if only I can wend my way to their helpful advice. Several times, I have initiated threads asking a very specific question in the title, only to get drowned out and ignored by all the other new threads, many of which could have been continuations of older threads rather than becoming new ones. Someone above had suggested subdividing the forums into narrower subject areas, but I fear doing so would not be an aid to anyone. So many posters do not abide by the four-category system we already have, and adding another category will just mean one more set of posts that I'll have to check when I log on. <br /> <br />I think the only real solution is this: natural selection. Those of us who care about careful discourse should seek out the threads which we believe to be good examples, and keep them alive by contributing, while imposing a sort of personal boycott of the inadequate ones. In other words, if you don't want to read threads which lack a descriptive title, then don't read them. You don't *HAVE* to read every post here; I'm definitely one who picks-and-chooses. Maybe, if we were all diligent about this, then the lesser threads would gradually die off, though this might be wishful thinking.
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