Ownership of a topic can indeed be changed.  For example, it has happened to the Wall Observer.  Fun Lauda fact:  In 2017, Lauda was one of the leading candidates to run WO.  In that case, which did make sense for WO,^* the question was put to a vote with a non-secret ballot.  Lauda came in second after infofront, the current WO boss.

^* I do not think a vote would be right here, since (a) it is a decision that should be based on technical competence for the task, and (b) it is Lauda’s thread; Lauda was not the biggest fan of democracy.  WO is a sort of special free-for-all discussion thread with its own local culture, so I guess a poll made more sense there.

My biggest concern is, frankly, that certain parties may try to seize any opportunity to efface or to bury Lauda’s legacy of community contributions here.  Lauda touched many people’s lives here; she had friends and admirers.  But she also had many enemies—some of whom are as underhanded and duplicitous as they are petty and spiteful.

I do NOT want to take over Lauda’s thread.  I speak up here as her friend.  My personal wish would be that the thread should stay exactly as-is, forever and forever—but without being stuck with obsolete information.  That is clearly impossible.  Therefore, I am searching for the least-bad option.

Lauda did a huge service to the community with this thread.  It is one of the most highly-read threads on the entire forum.  She took justifiable pride in it; this thread was dear to her, and it was for her a labour of love.  I want to preserve it for her, in her memory, in any way that I reasonably can.  That may be best achieved by keeping it well-maintained, such that it shall remain the best one-stop source for beginner-level wallet advice—pinned at the top of Beginners & Help.


With this, I emphatically want to agree.

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I see that as akin to rewriting a software project from scratch (LOL).

Lauda’s thread is great.  It just needs updates from time to time—what programmers call “refactoring”.  Those updates require a terrific amount of work; I know that what is seen publicly is only the tip of the iceberg, because I was on contact with Lauda.  However, it only needs to be done occasionally.  I could commit to that.

For another metaphor, this thread is a garden that was tended with great care.  The gardener dropped dead.  Weeds are moving in.  It is unnecessary to get rid of the garden, or to change it around altogether.  It just needs some tending.


I established my reputation in the technical forum, and most of my merit is from the technical forum.  When contemplating what is fundamentally a technical topic, i.e. wallet advice to newbies, my track record should obviously be evaluated from my long record of technical posts, not from Reputation dramas or whatever.

If I were to do such a thing, I may eventually experiment with placing thread’s top posts on Github, accepting issues and PRs, etc.  Eventually.  Maybe.  It would probably make it less of a hassle than how Lauda did it.  But I also would not want to raise a barrier to contributions by those who may not have (or may not want) Github accounts.


Lauda’s thread is pinned for a reason.

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I believe there is no reason for me to answer attempts to inject substance-free ad hominem trollbait from someone with a demonstrated history of trolling, personal harassment, and extremely unprofessional behaviour.

When Lauda was a candidate for “topic starter” of the Wall Observer, r0ach had a fit of nigh apoplexy over the prospect that a (widely-presumed) woman may run WO—LOL.  Undoubtedly, my offer here will draw some irrational reactions, too.