[PDBreske]

How can you suggest that text would not sway the voting the "tiniest little bit" when you also state that you're not only voting on the quality of the photo but the subject of it? You also flaunt your prejudice by saying you'd rather see mediocre pictures of a well-used gun than high quality shots of a Glock. Maybe some people don't own anything but a Glock? Not everyone owns so-called "classic" weapons that might fit your definition of a "gun that gets used" (although I know for a fact that my XDs and XCR do get used).

Again, ruling out any text is the purest, simplest way to eliminate prejudice. If no photo has any description, all the photos are judged on an equal basis. If some photos have some text and some do not, there will be bias. This can't be argued, no matter how well you think you can read the minds of other people.

EDIT: Is this the only thread that people visit to view pictures of guns? No, of course not. There are dozens (or hundreds) of those already established on this forum, so saying that taking away the ability post a text description will ruin the thread for everyone is preposterous. You can post pictures of your guns on any one of the other threads and include ten paragraphs of description if you like, or you could even start your own thread. No one is forced to post on the Photo Contest thread. For those who do enter the contest, there should be a means of establishing fair judging for all entries, not just the ones you like because the gun is interesting.