boeuf f:
Is anyone archiving the best threads? A tall order, and time consuming, I know. (or maybe that's happening somewhere and I'm missing it). A few of these threads are ones I return to repeatedly because they are so well stated and so fundamental. For instance the exchange between Florian and you (Tarin) "Helicopter". Others also...
as far as i know, no one is gathering 'the best threads' together anywhere, however all threads remain accessible in the dho archives (including the ones which were moved over, in 2009, from dho v.1 hosted at wetpaint), which can be browsed either by category or searched by keyword or string on the
main discussion page.
there is, in the wiki section of the site, a
'best of the dho' page. this has not been updated in a long while, and i currently have no interest in updating it, as i think that what discussions are found valuable to read depends on who appraises them, the context they find those discussions in, the stage of their practice they are generally at, the circumstances they currently face, the thing they happened to be thinking about last before reading, etc. generally speaking, i find the conversation that happens here to be well-focused and carried by sincere practitioners, and to require little moderation to keep the signal-to-noise ratio favourable. as such, almost every thread is likely to have some pratical value. there are some threads which are almost entirely repetitions of themes and issues already dealt with in previous threads, and while certain questions do get posted time and again, and are questions their posters mightn't write if they had searched through the archives to find them already previously asked and answered (sometimes numerous times), i think this process of repetition is to some extent inevitable, and further, there may be some value in posters sharing openly with others that these are the particular questions they had on their minds.. and further still, if previous iterations of those questions (and their answers) were difficult for those posters to find in the archives for whatever reason, then others who lurk and have similar questions may also be unable to find them in the archives and so may get something from seeing those old questions asked (and answered) again. (hi lurkers.)
supposing that there are threads likely to be either very helpful to a wide range of readers or very helpful to a select demographic, however.. how would we know them? what are the defining characteristics of the threads you recognise to be of particular value to you, as well as of those you either have noticed or have surmised to be of especial value to a group of others? for example, what do you get from the 'helicopter' thread?
tarin