Post History

Consider the following posts which have essentially become canonical references in their own right within their respective communities on SE:

 * [The Definitive C++ Book Guide and List](https://stackoverflow.com/a/388282/) (viewed 2.5 million times)
 * [The Definitive C Book Guide and List](https://stackoverflow.com/a/562377/) (viewed 451 thousand times)
 * [The definitive guide to ConTeXt MkIV documentation](https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/448813/)

The mere existence of such posts on a Q&A site is [not without controversy](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/354767/), however. These gather subjective responses, and could be hijacked by spammers seeking to promote their books, courses, videos, podcasts, etc.

Some helpful reading while reflecting on this includes:

* [Q&A is Hard, Let’s Go Shopping!](https://stackoverflow.blog/2010/11/23/qa-is-hard-lets-go-shopping/)
  * Notable quote: “when it comes to shopping questions, don’t ask us what you should buy — ask us _what you need to learn_ to tell what you should buy.”
* [The Future of Community Wiki](https://stackoverflow.blog/2011/08/19/the-future-of-community-wiki/)

If this were to be implemented, I think it would be best as a separate category, perhaps named “Resources.”

On the flip side, there are already a lot of great resources for software developers out there, such as the [awesome lists](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome) which cover a myriad of languages and topics.

Some questions to ponder:
* Would such posts require a single wiki-based response or would multiple posts be allowed?
* If multiple posts, is voting still a good tool for distinguishing between posts?
* What are strategies to prevent such posts being hijacked by spammers?
* Do we currently allow targeted questions asking for a (albeit subjective) review of a specific resource (e.g., is _Accelerated C++_ still a good book to learn the basics of C++ from or is too outdated and should now be avoided?)?