Are we primarily helping the asker or building a repository (or sticking to the middle ground)?

[cwellsx]

@cellio

But not at the expense of the core mission.

That “expense” being only “spending time discussing future topics now instead of starting on the MVP”?

I doubt I need this discussed in any detail. All I can do, now, is hope that this might be a satisfactory solution if that time comes. Because as I said I’m worried (even doubtful) about your choosing a relational database as a back-end – even though relational is the SE way, I fear it’s a baked-in limitation which precludes/inhibits evolution of some features.

@cellio

We can and should build canonical posts (whether they are tag wikis, blog posts, or some other kind of special post type) that are more visible.

I hope so. When a site has even only thousands of extant topics and new people continue to ask novice or “frequently asked” questions, their questions are difficult to receive well.