As I have no doubt said before [1], the idea that forums will be run like code, in which everything is DRY and after the first day nobody posts anything but #includes pointing to their former words, is crazy and has always been crazy. Forums are conversations.<p>Teaching is all about saying and doing the same things over and over, with variations depending on the local audience and the immediate issues at hand. So it most of the rest of life, really.<p>---<p>[1] Yes, I meant to do that.