The main problem with some topics is that the relevant forum threads are huge, with 1000s posts, and are just too scary to have the will to read through all of them.. and the search is of little help in managing that high information/noise ratio.. and I'm too polite to risk asking the same question the 1000th time

Just adding ideas: maybe it would be useful the information "wikibox updated XX posts ago" so one can have an idea if it's up to date.