The litany of recent abusive posts from "guests" prompts me once again to call for an end to anonymity on this forum. There is not one single good reason why anyone discussing folk music should not be signed in. A bad reason is that they wish to be disruptive. I am following this thread with avid interest but I lack the depth of knowledge to say much. The likes of Brian, Steve and Jim do possess that knowledge and I want to hear what they have to say without the constant barracking, especially of Jim. HiLo appears to know nothing about this music (at least, he/she never says much about it) and KarenH/"Pseudonymous" is on a one-woman mission to discredit Jim. It's rubbish and I'm sick of it.

As a compromise, I might suggest to the moderators that any guest post that isn't in the format "Guest, full real name" should be deleted.