Well, I had not given this much thought until I saw this thread. The arguments presented by Gillianren, DoomMaster, Moose, Wolverine, Fraser and Papageno seem to me to be both compelling and entirely relevant.

I have participated in a thread in Q&A that nearly turned into an ATM discussion, so I think there must be a place to which to move such discussions.

So, in my opinion, the ATM section serves a valuable purpose, and its current rules seem to be doing a good job.

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The quarrelsome oarsmen were rowing,
The great violinist was bowing;
But how is the sage
To tell, from the page:
Was it pigs or seeds that were sowing?