The problem with a distinct section is that it adds ambiguity as to where to post questions, and it is entirely subjective as to what constitutes an arcane question. Mapping the human genome with Perl is arcane to me, and an everyday project for a lot of others. Name your module is an arcane module to one person and common to another.

No question is simple to the person asking it, so the only person who could decide where to place a question is the person least likely to know where to place it.

I don't have a solution for that (and thus your question goes unanswered. *grin*).

You could always keep the posting options the same and just age any question that remains unanswered or unresponded to for 30 days into a different section - 'Arcana'. Anything that remains unanswered/unresponded to for 90+ days gets aged into 'Deep Mysteries'. Once a monk responds to an item of Arcana or a Deep Mystery, that item is moved back to SoPW.

Jack

Again, there's no way to judge "unanswered", only "unresponded to". And to that end, rather than new sections such as Deep Mysteries or Arcana, all we need is another option in Super Search:

( )Only include nodes that have replies.
(X)Only include nodes that don't have replies.
( )Include nodes both with and without replies.
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As they say... "Patches are welcome."




Dave