I believe that there are a lot of misconceptions about the incident that started this thread. First, the post in question was not deleted by Ed. Second, I have never ridiculed any question as being too trivial or too dumb. Third, I am not suggesting that this forum be allowed to deteriorate to an "anything goes" free-for-all, and I glad that Ed takes the time and effort to delete inappropriate remarks.(posted 8258 days ago)I did vent my frustration about seeing the same questions being asked week after week, and the obvious lack usage of the archives. I then expressed my thoughts that, in addition to the moderator intervening when he feels that comments are "uncivil," that he also spend some amount of time trying to figure out how we can encourage people to utilize the archives when appropriate. I think that I have some right to express my opinion on this subject because I personally have answered many “newbie” questions and tried to help them as best I could. But I also know that the answers to repetitive questions get worse over time, and rather than ignoring the question, I hope that there is some way to make the archives more accessible and more useful.
Hopefully Ed will eventually delete this thread so we can get back to photography.