I'm not angry with anyone, or wasn't until people responded as if I'd done the greatest wrong the internet has ever seen by daring to question a rule that doesn't exist anywhere else.
I appreciate rules are rules, and without quoting my original post I don't know just how clear I can make my position on the topic. My thread was locked, that's fine. I can't post in there until I provide a "proof" pic, that's fine. I get it. You don't care whether I own the car or not, and I don't care enough that I'm going to go out and shoot a proof pic...which is essentially what I'm getting at. If some guy tells me he owns a Fiat Panda, but can't tell me anything about it, then I'd figure he was making it up, regardless of whether he had a picture telling me otherwise. Contrastingly, if someone claimed to have a Murcielago and could tell me anything realistic, then I'd take the guy at face value whether he owned the car in reality or not.
My point is that you're scaring away potential members, and the "them and us" mentality shown even in the last few posts is adding to that. I'm one of your members, have been for years. My opinion should count for something, whether people agree with it or not. If the rule is so justifiable, then that's fine, but gathering around like school kids to point the finger at the outsider who doesnt like a rule is laughable and certainly makes me wonder whether to bother logging in here or not in future. Not because of a rule or a thread that was locked, but is it worth the effort of arguing with people over something that I'm not even that arsed about? Probably not.
I guess I'll stick to the photography section as always, and leave you kids to fight the noobs in here. Have fun.