It struck me just now that the genesis of the CZ community presents a really cool opportunity for someone to conduct a study.
The real name policy means that many of the restrictions to studying online communities fall away (at least in theory) and the relatively recent launch of the project means that one can still look back at its inception and most of the people involved are still around to give their consent and submit to interviews. Beyond that, the talk pages for some of the articles that I've had nothing to do with are fascinating to read from a content analysis perspective.
I'm not saying anyone should actually do something like this, I'm just saying...
