Assuming for a moment that their really might be an argument important enough to [warrant moderator intervention][1] to consider [`dev-tip`][2] posts [to be reputation farming][3] at some point in the future and require them to be community wiki therefore immediately, would it really be worth to discourage **substantive illustrative guidance** of API/library usage nowadays already for the sake of a couple of reputation points in a distant future?


  [1]: http://stackapps.com/questions/1426/why-have-recent-dev-tip-posts-been-forced-into-community-wiki-without-explanation
  [2]: http://stackapps.com/questions/tagged/dev-tip
  [3]: http://stackapps.com/questions/1427/why-could-it-possibly-be-considered-reputation-farming-asking-for-solutions-to