Hence why we stopped talking, to let you get it out of your system then bug the mods about cleaning it up.

Well said. Since your status is a first-level status ("Coder"), I especially respect you two for saying that.

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Here is my opinion on this:

In any community, one must work one's way up to earn a higher title. Of course, that excludes a communist community which lacks any titles whatsoever and therefore does not provide for moving up the social ladder, but due to the nature of an average man, communism can never work. In a non-communist community, it would make no sense to drop a person back the level of origin, because those who are at the level of origin have done far less than those who have been promoted. Title, therefore, serves a purpose of communicating vitally important information about a person. As an example, in an army, you cannot expect a soldier to have the same combat or leadership skills as an army general. One, therefore, has greater chances of winning a war when led by a 5-star general than when led by a baselevel soldier. If one is to drop all generals back to the status of a soldier, an army would be deprived of its leaders and would thus be unable to continue functioning properly. Likewise, there is a higher probability that a coder ranked "Master" will have higher level of knowledge than coder ranked "Advanced". The frequency of bug occurence is also more frequent among "Coders" than "Advanced Coders", and among "Master Coders" than "Advanced Coders". The probability of receing valid information on a given topic from an "Advanced Coder" is, once again, higher than the probability of receing valid information on the same topic from a "Coder". If ranks are to be eliminated, the direct result will be a dramatic drop in contribution from coders of all levels, and - given what's currently going on in the vb.org community - many advanced and master coders will withdraw their hacks and leave. Since, as certain ungrateful people have the impudence to state, "coders are replaceable," I am sure that withdrawal of hacks is not going to pose a problem for non-coders.

Usertitles are not the cause of the problem. The disrespectful attitude of certain people and the fact that the staff here at vb.org fails to create and impose certain rules is the cause. The "certain people" I am referring to take the presence of hacks for granted. They forget the fact that hacks require a lot of time and effort and the fact that, nevertheless, these hacks are being released for free. These people, therefore, do not bother to apply censure - both linguistic and moral - to what they post.
I cannot be speaking for everybody here, but I can say for sure that if both coders and non-coders would show a least bit of respect towards other coders in their posts, I would, provide support in a much friendlier fashion than you can currently observe me do. On the contrary, if usertitles and coder recognition are to be completely eliminated... refer to the last sentence of the previous paragraph.

I've seen attitude coming from both member and coder/designer groups. This creates an unhealthy/un-welcoming environment. While I agree that it's the staff that sets the tone in the community and how it functions, all members of this community have the responsibility to keep themselves in check. Supposedly the majority of us are all forum admins of some sort, maybe we should start acting like it for a change. I am using "we" since we're all in this together, right?

Not me. You're not dragging me down in this one. Unh-Unh!

I'm sorry but who else is going to keep me afloat? Stop being selfish and think for the greater good. :D

Sure, that's easy for you to say. You don't have my lousy reputation to contend with.

Bleh. You haven't been on Chat lately. I'm catching up. LOL.

If you mean IRC, that isn't chat, that's recess. ;)

Would you please keep on topic?

If you don't like it, sir, there bare plenty of other threads for you to spout off in.