That seems like that can get touchy though. How much post work is concidered Manip? What about changing BCI, or curves? How about HDR, are those concidered manip? Or if someone uses the clone brush to remove some minor distractions in a photo.

I am not opposed to guidelines on it, I just think it would be opening a can of worms...lol.
But I do think you are right that there are some that are clearly (to me) manips that are not being posted in that genre.

Look forward to see others thoughts.
-Bruce