The purpose of the forum is an adjunct to the folk music collection known as the Digital Tradition. Ban guest posting, and you defeat the purpose of having a forum for guests to post queries about the Digital Tradition collection, or something they have not been able to find in it or the forum threads through the antiquated search engine.

If you play in the BS threads--even in the music section--expect to get burned every now and then by both guests and members.

Shit happens.