Ed: I'm not sure I understand your argument. By "elsewhere" I assume you mean elsewhere on the Internet, as opposed to elsewhere at Mudcat, such as in an old thread? So you seem to be saying there's a greater need for posting chords at Mudcat than posting lyrics?

Let's see, if I put "Lyr Req:" in the filter box and set the time limit to 90 days, I bring up 617 threads. If I put "Chords Req:" in the filter box and set the time limit to 90 days, I bring up 29 threads, and 22 of those are asking for both lyrics and chords. If I search for "Chord Req:" I find 27 threads.

OK, that could be because people are not using appropriate prefixes. If I search for "lyr" only, I get 925 threads. If I search for "chord" (this will also find "chords") I get 104 threads.

Hmm…

But, as Mark says, it's like herding cats anyway. Mudcatters will post whatever they damn please, standards or no. And I would never want the "standards" to be so rigid that people who have something valuable to contribute feel discouraged from doing so. I'd rather have lyrics misspelled than not posted at all, etc.