[Shaun J. Russell]

I somewhat agree with Roger et al., but I can completely understand why the site is currently open (though read-only) to any who should happen by. I think a lot of newcomers would want to get a feel for the place prior to joining. It might seem like a very minor inconvenience to have to join a forum to see its contents, but I guarantee that you WILL see a decline in new membership. Which may or may not be a bad thing.

How about this: is there a possibility of making the three workshopping forums login-only alone, while having the rest of the forums open?

Edited to add: oh, like Rose mentioned in the other thread. I didn't see that.