This is a public replay to Gavin Hamilton that I think would work better in this thread.
I am a put off by the incivility of some of the stuff that has been going on here.
Craig LeVay
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This seems to be a growing problem not only in the internet but amongst those who are supposed researchers and aspiring narrow gauge authors.
Materials that are innocently loaned years before with great makings on the back of photograph (i.e. not for publication, property of so-and-so's collection, etc.) get turned into sometimes strange and erroneous articles and the original loaner is either thoroughly embarassed or explantions to be made to the original museum or collection it came from.
I know of several people that collect old photographs of the West of military installations, Indians, settlers, ranchers, etc. that have been putting a watermark logo on the front to give some idea where these photos come from when they show up later on a website or publication.
Second thing I have been noting from the hobby fraternity (and it is not only narrow gaugers) has been the constant demands to "feed me" like baby birds, new information. If we are tired of sharing because there is no thanks or even an acknowledgment of the effort on your part towards another researcher.
From my own experience, I recently burned a CD of dozens of pictures of Tipis and accountrements (another of my interests) for a woman who was researching a tipi book and did not even get the acknowledgment or thanks for the effort.
I think "Confetti Man" is just in some way tired of the rabble feeling cheated if they are not fed constantly all the time.
Another spike (or bone) to chew on
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To further this thread and to try to understand is where "confetti man" is coming from. How would you like to have endless demands on your good favor or ability with no thanks from the borrowing parties? Much later finding our the material you loaned in the say 1970's became an article that bears no semblance to history or reality.
I can see why people will destroy or send to the four winds their collections because of being used by some pretty high and mighty people in this small little hobby.
No brickbats flying here but trying to question some people's almost endless demands for more and new material like baby birds in a nest (i.e. What have you done for me today and do not expect any thanks for it in the process).
