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jay behrensLet me see if I can muddy up the waters some more. The primary focus of the this board has always been cards. Other things get discussed, but the one thing that brings us all together is the cards. There are very people that are truley card only collectors. I fall into this catagory only becuase when I returned to the hobby, I no longer had the budget to pursue everything I thought was cool and interesting.
If you only interest is autographs, memorabilia or other things that aren't related to cards, then this probably the wrong board for you. As Leon said, no one is gonna run off because of the occassional post about books, photos, scorecards, etc, as long as they meet the definition of vintage here.
The current thread about the Pirate Tobacco display is a perfect example of a non-card item that is a great topic here becuase it relates back to the cards. Posting about whether or not a Ryan rookie or a Mantle autograph is real will probably get deleted.
In reality, the only big change you will see is a tighter reign on the posts about 50s cards and other things that don't tie directly to cards somehow. And we should never have to see a game used authenticity question around here again since there is aboard now dedicated to that area.
It's sounds like there are big changes going down, and I was a bit worried about it myself, but realize that all that is going to happen is that there will be a bit tighter control on the content of the board. And this not meant to be a slight to Bill's work he did. He did a great job running the board and ran it as he saw fit and the the number of people that visit here grew enourmously becuase of it.
All I can suggest is give it a month, I really don't think you'll see that big of change outside of a tighter focus.
Jay
I've just reached Upper Lower Class. I am now officially a babe magnet for poor chicks.