Hi Dok, you seem to have a real bee in your bonnet about this and it's now spread over 2 or more threads.
If you really want to discuss it, how about starting a thread asking people if they think it's cliquey here?
Maybe we can have some views from people who have joined within the last year or 2, as well as from you and longstanding users of the site - who are immediately on the defensive coz 'clique' is such a pejorative term....