I think not. DPUG doesn't mean *pure* digital. DPUG started out as hybridphoto, and film is a critical component of many hybrid workflows. I'll agree that hybrid has gotten lost in DPUG; too bad, because that's what made the old site distinctive.
I think the decision to shift hybrid from APUG to a new forum, DPUG, was to appease diehards at APUG and does a disservice to those who do practice hybrid techniques because of the comparative lack of traffic here. Last time I alluded to this in another thread someone quoted to me how many threads and posts there are here relating to hybrid that I should read. I'm not going to search out or read them because I don't have any real interest in hybrid techniques.
It matters not that the genesis of DPUG was hybrid photography. The name at the top of my screen says Digital Photography Users Group and from my point of view the hybrid stuff is welcome here but it is disappointing that there are not more threads that deal with photography originated in a digital camera.
Most threads that are started relate in some way to scanning and if that is to be the permanent thrust of this forum then it holds little interest for digital photographers who make up most of the photo community. If DPUG continues to attract mainly hybrid/scanning traffic then it proves the point that it should be part of APUG and that digital photographers are shunning DPUG in preference to other forums.
While I own scanners I rarely use them for the simple reason that I scanned nearly everything that needed scanning years ago and have no ongoing commitment to film based photography. I therefore will not be generating too much more scanner fodder. OzJohn