Good for you Max, although I hope you can find a way of not deterring people who are genuinely interested in music or verse from being able to ask for words/music and contributing information.
Maybe I'm a bit slow sometimes, but it took me at least 6 months of visiting the site before I made a posting and it was thro my first or second posting that it was kindly pointed out by a member the advantages of being a member. Probably because I was using my email address as a guest identifier. I find the PM facility and 'Messages since last visit a great help' IMHO anyone who posts and does not want to be identified in any way does not deserve a reply.
Apart from halloween anyone who 'wears a mask' has a genuine fear of being identified and is up to no good.

Best of luck with any changes you have to make to keep the Mudcat reasonably close to its roots.
TTFN Kenny B