User blog comment:Cristina7/Introducing Discussions, a New Platform For Engaging Your Community/@comment-26407503-20161118050545

Concerning the "sticky" posts from the FAQ:

"We have no immediate plans to add a "sticky" function. We'll be examining the types of content that admins post and want to "sticky" in Discussions, so please send us examples of such posts. It’s important to acknowledge that on traditional forums, many readers will skip over sticky threads. Posts are often stickied at the top and rarely unstickied, resulting in a large stack of posts to scroll through before you even see newer content. "

An example to provide it's use I could think of is a moderator to put up a sticky post consisting of FAQ's lately around the wiki. It would basically answer people's questions before posting. The issue with our own Discussion's section is that many users are asking the same questions over and over again, not realizing that if they had scroll down the page, they would have found that somebody had ask the same question in another post moments ago with an answer to the situation. If it is only one "sticky" post (a FAQ post that is constantly updated), it would remove many clustered posts that only revolve around one topic. This would allow for more discussions among users about other topics related to the wiki rather than having to write out the same reply multiple times just for one issue, which becomes quite frusturating as more new posts keep addressing a problem that has already been solved