I'm not a refugee here, I've been a member since Sept. 2003. And I still hang out in both places. I tended to post more on PW because my initial interest was in pianos, and the other forum has a much more active and knowledgeable section on instruments. Now that I'm back into playing, I find this board has a lot to offer in performance and repertoire information.
I would like to clear something up. I'm the one who posted the Piano Forum rules in another thread. A newbie, commenting on how polite PF seems to be, asked whether these fora were moderated. I didn't know the answer either, so I went searching, found the rules and posted them, primarily because they state that there *is* a moderator.
The rules were not posted by the moderator, they were posted by me. They were not put up as a warning to anyone. None of the newbies that joined PF need a warning. They are, on the whole, polite, considerate and interesting folks. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that those who are impolite, inconsiderate, and boring stay away from Piano Forum.