Common questions or FAQ's stickied.

The solution to that is the mods made the sticky thread. And if a question (or variation of a question) gets asked 3 or more times in a 12 month period it goes on the FAQ list.

One of the problems with sticky threads is that in this forum, only the admins/mods have the ability to make a thread sticky. If the OP of a thread is not a mod and they go back to edit the first post in a thread after it's been made sticky, it reverts to a normal thread.

I fondly remember the days of newsgroups like rec.models.scale.  All the popular groups had FAQs.  But most of the popular groups were unmoderated, and vandals took over and wrecked most of Usenet.  Rec.models.scale was a real asset to model building.

I just ignore the common and repetive questions, like "What is a good compressor to buy", etc.

That would be a good idea. I usually try searching first before posting a question, but it usually goes like this:

Search: Drybrush

Results: "...I used blah blah to drybrush this piece..."

             "...I finished this off with a drybrush..."

etc.

Never have any luck finding what I am looking for, such as, "what is drybrushing?" So the question gets asked. Again.