In article , Dave Poole
writes

The one thing which triumphed above all was the quality of gardening
discussion and urg contributors can take credit for a lot of that.

Well it was good when the whole team was taking part, but I've
occasionally looked in over the past couple of years and the general
quality of posting was reduced to being mediocre.

What you saw was ordinary gardeners discussing their pastime in a
friendly and helpful environment. The participants did that for three
years without the presence of experts, celebrities, website designers,
administrators etc. That can not fairly be described as mediocrity.
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Alan Gould