What are we allowed to post in this section?

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TCHD, for example, is an entirely XMarks concept from all that I've read..and has its spread as to the actual definition.

The term THCD is an XMarks term, but the concept is not. We can call it whatever we like, but there is an existing tradition in Highland dress, and that's what we would like to be able to discuss.

Still, if the OP is to discuss a type of jacket in the TCHD thread because that is the theme of the OP, then so be it and perhaps/perhaps that should be stated clearly at the outset (Not to discuss argyll in gerneral, but argyll as worn TCHD, I've been pondering .....")

That's great if one of us is starting a thread and we want to limit it to that context. But what annoys me is when someone else posts a question like "do these hose work with this outfit" in the accessories forum, and no one has any idea about what context they are asking the question. So we inevitably have to ask. The answers to such questions are much easier to provide when the questions are asked within a specific context. And it seems to make good sense (to me, anyway) to allow the subforum to be the context. Traditional, contemporary, historical, military, etc.

The problem comes in the myriad ways to categorize data - which is being said many ways in this thread. I think we have to give Steve the benefit of the doubt on the newly minted sub-forums and allow the respective traffic on each determine their validity. Our part will a judiscious choice on just where we want to place that OP forming (or perhaps fermenting ) in the brain.

That would be a great idea if they weren't all locked.