I wouldn't be in favor of Scott's proposal, for the reasons others mention. I wouldn't even be here if I hadn't happened upon Erato in a google search and checked it out. I doubt I'm alone in that.
Recently, I checked a poem I'd posted in Met last Oct. and wanted to send out. In Dec., the poem was still visible, so I deleted the poem and all of my posts (which contained a lot of revisions of specific lines). The poem has been accepted for publication. I just checked again, and the thread is no longer visible, but the title still shows as being workshopped here, just not accessible (an error message comes up). It seems a shame to delete all my responses -- especially since I received such great advice on the poem -- but I didnt' want the thread getting in the way of getting the poem published. And I guess it depends on how serious some editors are in their notion of wanting "nothing found on a google search." Obviously the editor who picked up this poem was more concerned with the poem being found than the title or references to it. A lot of these decisions seem to be in our own hands, or, as Maryann points out, a Moderator's.
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