Questions like this, if well-scoped and actively curated by the community to avoid the "here's a list of links" problem, can be valuable resources. In fact, we had a question along these lines, Authoritative reference works on best practices in online community buildingAuthoritative reference works on best practices in online community building, which was (IMO incorrectly) closed. This question is well-written, asks for explanations and not just pointers, and is scoped to something answerable (audience and type of community).
If this isn't a good example of the kind of question we're talking about here, what is?
