I support the concept of registration.
Aine's suggestion makes a lot of sense to me. Having a membership for posting with 'read only' format for those of non-member status.
I also have changed my previous opinion on the seperation of music threads from other threads. I believe at one time 'Other' threads contained veins of valuable knowledge that would be of interest to those seeking more music content. Now I feel those intermingled music gems within the 'Other' threads are rare.
John in Brisbane's ideas of 'tools for selective viewing' would help the group of Mudcatters like John who steadily request for an efficient way to focus their time on the Mudcat. I'm not sure if this would involve the concept of seperate forums or just manditory categorizing of threads.

Bonnie