Heh. Yeah. A lot of the Naxx raids I see advertised on Hydraxis either say "gear checks" or the ever popular "must know the fight". Okay genius, tell me how I'm supposed to learn the fight if no one will take me in because I don't know the fight? Good raiders don't just magically metamorphose into that when they hit 80. They all go through the same process of trial and error on new content (no one cleared Ulduar in the first few weeks, now did they?) but then when they get to the point of being geared and recruiting people for runs they're arrogant enough to only want to include people who already know everything rather than being willing to help some new moderately-geared people learn the mechanics of the fight so that they can become good assets in raids.

I have little problem with gear checking, in so much as I usually use it as a criteria of people to keep an eye on - they might take a little more damage, or not do enough DPS, or may need to be replaced if they completely aren't working out. But I wouldn't use it as an exclusionary measure unless the gear was so far below par (I'm talking trying to walk into Naxx in gear below level 75-77 with no enchants and/or gems) that it's clear they don't even make an effort.

Remember, there are critical things that you can't know simply by looking at someone's armory page or wow-heroes analysis page. Like the fact that someone's on dial-up and gets disconnected frequently. Or that someone has kids and might have to randomly AFK with no notice mid-fight. Or the fact that someone might be a loot-ninjaing douchebag. The lack of gear and lack of knowing the fight can all be dealt with in advance to some degree. These other factors are completely beyond the control or knowledge of the raid leader and can as easily, if not more easily, lead to the wipe or abandonment of a raid in progress.

Heroic raid achievements are so dependent on what the other 24 people in your group feel like doing that using them as a standard of measure is pretty ridiculous. Whenever we're running heroic instances, there's always debate about whether to try for an achievement or not on bosses. Often the consensus is no because people aren't wiling to wipe on the attempt. People shouldn't be penalized for not having these achievements because the group they're with isn't willing to go for them.

So to the habitual gear and achievement and "know the fight" checkers, beware. You'll eventually lose a large base of people who will be willing to PUG with you because your standards are too high. By the time you realize this, most of them will be with other guilds and when your "leet" raiding guild falls apart for whatever reason, good luck finding room in another with your attitude.

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