Yes, I understood what you meant by seniority; the confusion is more about whether the links can be updated. CA's links can't (other than by a moderator or the site admin), but a new set could be created. It's probably a worthwhile task, but if it's not to have to be done all over again in a few more years, we really need a better mechanism that can be continually updated in the light of the current received wisdom. I would suggest that we ask George if he can take this under his moderator's wing; he could set up a "Beginners start here" thread, and because he can continue to update the first message in the thread (because he is moderator), it need never get out of date. To make life simpler, all that might be necessary in the first place is to clone CA's post, and then the rest of us can make suggestions for possible improvements; if there is good agreement on these, then we can ask George to incorporate them. How does that sound ?
** Phil.