My point was rather hastily made, but it does stem off a classic irritation I have - and it's the one that is caused by people picking MediaWiki when it's not appropriate for their needs.
Yeah, thought so... ;)
Speaking of frequently recurring issues: A lot of mailing lists have a weekly FAQ or (n)etiquette guide. Something like that might be useful for this list as well - if only to keep people from creating new threads by replying to an existing one...
-- F.