I think I see what you're after, but how would "most current" be defined? Would I have to tell The Monastery every time I use something? That seems somewhat prone to abandonment ;-). If most current was based on last log-in time then it would not indicate how recent the module experience is.

I have noticed some monks list their favorite modules on their home nodes. I think we can also safely assume that module authors (of which there are plenty that admit to it here) also know their modules well. Perhaps monks who wish to be available for assistance with certain specific modules could list them on their home nodes, then a Super Search limited to user nodes would be helpful and fast, without requiring any additional work.

If you're looking for domain-specific discussion areas, I suspect that many already exist and you are already familiar with the ones relevant to you. I'm not sure this is the best place to start any number of highly specific discussion areas though, but at the same time you can still ask bioperl-specific questions (as you note) and get responses - can you elaborate on what is missing?

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I'd like to be able to assign to an luser