It's hard not to feel slightly sorry for those who insist on 1954 accreditation. It reminds me of old Harley owners who insisted Japanese V-twins lacked something because they didn't shake themselves and their rider to pieces, or Bentley owners who turn a blind eye to the fact they lured their chief designer from Skoda.

It isn't hard to understand why someone would want to label traditional music but it's impossible to comprehend why they'd marshall their musical preferences around it. Hobbyists are harmless enough but they're curators at best and you wouldn't necessarily want a museum keeper as a musical guide.

Folk enthusiasts have a balanced view to 1954, generally speaking. When the gate keepers bolted the door they went ahead and fitted a perfectly usable entrance round the side. So we're down to labels and badges and by and large, labels are only important to people who like labels.
My acoustic tastes fit the traditional pretty well but not exclusively and I don't need kite marks to know what's folkish.