For me the difference is simply visibility. The forum has a lot of corners, especially for a newcomer (and come to that, for me, and I’ve been posting since it launched!), so having a bit of information tucked away is very different from having it appear in people’s frontpage feed.
I definitely wouldn’t mind being reminded of this list once a quarter!
I don’t necessarily disagree but from an organizational perspective: Is this not the sort of thing we have a wiki for?
For me the difference is simply visibility. The forum has a lot of corners, especially for a newcomer (and come to that, for me, and I’ve been posting since it launched!), so having a bit of information tucked away is very different from having it appear in people’s frontpage feed.
Let’s promote the wiki and make it more visible!