It was just an idea and a proposal.
I will not insist, even if I think that it could be very useful.
Just so you know... I wasn't knocking your idea. Things like it (though I don't think exactly this) have been proposed before. And Jim does like to create sub-boards on the forum sometimes, so you could get your wish.
I just think it might end up being a bit counter-productive.
For example, there's a whole Media Network sub-board... I almost never think to open it up. Right now, my account shows most of those threads unread. I know I'd have things to add to the threads in there, but I only have so much time to dedicate* to Interact, and I waste most of it on the main board and the beta board (which has already split off some of the expert users a bit). And then that's where the traffic is and so it is where I go and round and round it goes. So, seeing how the other sub-boards often fare, I just had that worry.
One modification to your idea that could be nice might be this:
If Jim creates a "Tips and Troubleshooting" board, but keeps it LOCKED so that only he (and other JRiver folks) can post to it. Then, when he sees a good thread wrapping up that might "qualify" as being helpful and valuable to new users (like some of the tips and tricks threads or just helpful resolutions to common problems),
he can move the thread there.
That would make the threads easier to find for beginning users than buried in the forum, kind of like a user-generated FAQ drawn directly from the forum content that is already here.
He does something like this now with his Weird and Wonderful thread, but then you need to dig through a mighty thread of multiple posts, and the individual threads aren't always so well organized or labeled.
People would keep posting their questions in the regular forum, but the new Tips and Troubleshooting board would be up top and everyone (especially new users) could check there first.
That would be very helpful, I think, and wouldn't split the community more than is needed.
* Only so much time my wife will let me spend talking to the Dog, I should say.