If it continues to go downhill then the wips forum will be removed
Please don't get rid of the WIP section it's one of the best parts of SM.
K-Man's poll (I'm good at them 
) showed us that there is a large part of SM made up of Newbie's so as Alan said we will get a lot of the same questions asked and the "nice work" "great work" statements. This monotonous I agree with Alan, you should be constructive in your critisms of people's work to help them get better if they are producing low-par stuff. The harsh but fair attitude/cruel to be kind approach should be the dictim.
I would suggest breaking the WIP into two sections something like Beginners and Advanced - like the competitions. Those titles are ambiguous and open to suggestions btw. This would also make it easier to moderate. I'd be happy to help with this even if I am split between two programs - after all I was here from the start, an ex-mod and I'm polite (unlike Kevin) 
Tickety boo and ta ta for a bit...
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