Well, there is a big note at the top of the node: Also, don't vote for the nodes listed here just because others thought they were good. If you do the numbers behind these nodes will just increase but we won't really be showcasing the best nodes.

I'll admit that it would be nice to be able to locate former BNOAT's more easily, I find it kind of entertaining to periodically pick a monk at random, sort their nodes by Reputation, and then see what their most well-recevied write-ups were. (Granted, I'm easily amused at times.) With folks like Ovid, Chromatic, and others, it's a great way to locate some of the hidden treasures in the archives.

I've also found it useful to browse certain home nodes. Turnstep, for example, maintains "things you should know" and periodically refreshes it as new material is added. Most of the people on this list have lists of good nodes to know (myself excepted).

Thus, the information is out there and can be located with a little bit of personal initiative using existing tools, which sort of fits in with our preferences for "Search first, ask questions later." If changes are needed to Best Nodes (and I'm not really sure that's true), then perhaps adding a setting to control the size of the Best/Worst Nodes list would be best.

Alternatively, someone could simply post and maintain a list of "Older BNOATs" similar to Outside Links. That would be the cheapest solution (for the overworked, at any rate).

--f