Bob, that was a fascinating post you made
Trust me; what is happening with the SC is very similar to many other forms of MSM. For example; look at daily newspapers; as little as 20 years ago; the Dallas Morning News had 7-8 sections a day; now they have 4. The whole issue is that the need for the information is the same but to deliver the information in a profitable manner is very difficult indeed. Radio is in much the same bind with people needing local information and having so many stations owned by consolidators; the need for live and local is superceded by those folks voice-tracking to save money.
That's why I posted four options for the people here to comment on -- because whilst many people here would just say we only need the pre-1981 part; your average reader wants all the checklists in one place. Thanks to the glut of products in the middle part of this decade doing that in one work is now probably impossible.
Thus; which option do you take and why? Believe me; this is no slam at anyone at F&W who works on the hobby side; rather it *IS* an issue which does affect the hobby as a whole. For, without strong print publications; there is really no way to properly archive hobby history, etc.
Regards
Rich
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