How about a "TOPIC OF THE MONTH" thread, where a certain theme or technique can be discussed and disected, with everyones input. We can learn alot from each other.
Off-topic or BS posts can be deleted.
Somebody just back of you while you are fishing is as bad as someone looking over your shoulder while you write a letter to your girl. ~Ernest Hemingway
How about a dedicated rookie forum where no question is too "uninformed". Those "sharpies" who wish to suffer the stupididity can help out, and those who can't deal with it don't need to look at it.
Another cool thing would be to give folks the ability to post links to/vote for articles, threads, etc they've found that were helpful to them, kind of like Digg.