[tamlin]

I've been thinking: if you've been here for any length of time you've probably noticed that the same questions get asked again and again. You know the kind of thing: "What do I do with the brushes I downloaded?", "How do I make a custom shape?", "Photoshop just started acting weird - what should I do?" You know there's a forum thread somewhere that holds the answer, but can you find it when you need it?
What do you think about the idea of setting up a Knowledge Base with answers to all the most frequent queries and problems, and any other nuggets of useful undocumented or hard-to-find information that we happen to stumble upon (such as the filepath character limit for displacement maps)? I know there is a FAQ thread here somewhere, but the problem with forum threads is that they get buried and/or forgotten about. If it's possible, what I'm suggesting could be a subsection of the Tutorials section. Members could submit their answers, tips and tricks and (pending acceptance by the Admins) they would then be included in the Knowledge Base, in much the same way as tutorials are now. Members could also be rewarded with Biocredits for a successful submission.
I don't know if MM would be willing to implement this, but if enough members think it's a good idea maybe we can persuade him. I can't think of any other graphics forum site that has a proper Knowledge Base section, so if we set one up it would be a real feather in the BioRUST cap.