Suggesion up for voting

[medals73]

I know there is much concern, especially on this forum, about fakes and about the danger of educating the fakers. While this can sometimes verge on the shrill and paranoid, it is a legitimate concern. But there should also be concern about educating the new(ish) collector. Ex cathedra intonations that "This is a fake because I say so" with none of the reasoning behind that judgment (admittedly, some of that conclusion is "gut and guess") helps no one and shutting off parts of the forum based on any arbitrary threshold for access to even limited wisdom won't hurt the fakers (and knowing purveyors of fakes) and will only harm the beginner.

I, too, voted "No".