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More importantly, I request an apology for the use of the term "elitist." Were I am elitist I would not have posted rare and usual images that I took myself or own the copyright to, including the McCarthys and the Dexters and the discarded Daily News shots. It's an unconscionable insult.
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FWIW, I agree that Merkle's contributions here are invaluable and I completely understand why he is insulted after his generosity with us.
Forgive me if I am wading into things that I shouldn't and maybe haven't the status here to say the things I'm about to say, but maybe I can do some good. Let me say first that I understand the different points of view here.
When I first came here in 2011, this thread was quite a bit stricter about its content. I even made a separate thread back then for asking for help finding photos. As FatJack pointed out, there is also a separate thread for colorizations and cards. The same goes for several other topics that are not core to this thread.
As I said in a recent post, I think we need two threads. One that is STRICTLY for posting interesting and unusual photos and for handling the Topps vault releases as well as other identification issues - and another where those of us who just enjoy the general topic of baseball photos can post comfortably without any risk of being off-topic, redundant, guilty of not researching something thoroughly enough, guessing wrong, and so on.
I really believe that two threads would relieve the tension that seems very apparent here.