Great question, thanks. I did a bit of reading to make sure my memory was correct about what was minimally logged and what was not, but then I tripped up on the log size.

As far as the self promotional blurb at the end....SSC is one of the best free technical sites in the world. The community is strong, doesn't flame new comers for basic questions, and usually doesn't get very far off topic. I keep 4 tabs open in my browser all day at work, 1 is SSC and the other 3 are work sites. Although I think SSC would be substantially diminished if it were to go much more advertising supported, I think it is fair to allow the best contributors an occasional text paragraph with a link. I recognize the names of many of the regular contributors to this site; I recognize them as knowledgeable in the field and I would appreciate the opportunity to see one of them speak or teach if it were near by me. So, my vote would be to allow such basic self promotion as part of featured components of the site such as QOTD, Articles, and Editorials.