i like the new forum either, and i would say GO MICHELEH!! too as i know it's certainly not an easy job.. (i just think she made a mistake on locking the thread when she talks about copyrighed images. I'm NOT criticising the idea itself, just the lock so no discussion is possible) I TOTALLY agree with kate about "the reason for all those locked threads is that some people haven't taken the time to actually READ the notice at the top of the forum regarding personal attacks" I mean, C&D was closed because of unrespected TOS as threads are locked because of Unrespected TOS. the fact that the TOS is not respected doesn't mean the forum is bad. it means people don't behave the way they should. And this can happen in any forum. What i try to say here (with my poorest english ;o) is that i don't agree with people criticizing the old C&D, what you can critisize is the behavior of some people who made it closed. If the same behavior happened in any other forum, i guess it would be closed too... (I hope someone understood me here.. ;o))