Other brands and other custom shops have their own sub-forums here where these "problematic posts" would otherwise be a non-issue. Be it under the Custom shop, or the Commercial Corner- Malkoff does not have representation in either location.
Over 2 million views, about 3,000 posts/ year, and in 7+ years it's continuously on the top of the LED Flashlights forum. I think it's value to the community is self-evident. I don't particularly care if it's under the "old/ original" one. I think there are some nuances to this situation that are not aptly being taken into consideration that are frustrating for many people who are just trying to see what's going on generally in the world of Malkoff and with it's more fanatical users.
I don't even know what the exact issue is for sure, but I am confident in saying that most people are probably positively effected by discussion of the 219b drop, versus it being deemed to be a rule-breaker. I know I'm not privy to all of the information at hand here, but I think this is a bit like your local PD going after everyone that goes ever-so-slightly over the speed limit. Sure, they are breaking the law, but you are, as noted, wasting your time going after all of these offenses and just frustrating everyone who seems interested in talking about it- which seems to be a very healthy number of regular contributors. Especially considering this is clearly very rare occurrence. Yes, the illumn thing could probably have it's own thread in the group-buy section, but at the same time, I don't think there are more than a handful of people genuinely frustrated by such talk in a general-discussion themed thread.
My $0.02. I love the Junkies thread, first place I check every morning logging in. Sometimes I just go back a random number of pages just to see what went on in the past.