OK, we've had some experience with DTStudy threads, and they seem to be working quite well. I'm reluctand to do extensive editing on the threads quite yet, because I'm still not sure where we should go with this, and I'm working out some technical stuff with Pene. Let's keep playing with the idea and see how if develops.
For now, here is the format I would like to see. If there are variations, I'll probably edit things to keep them standard.

The thread title MUST contain the title DTStudy:, with a colon and no spaces - (generally) followed by the song title as listed in the Digital Tradition. The first message should begin with the following tag, which you may copy-paste:

<font color=teal size=-2>This is an edited DTStudy thread, and all messages posted here are subject to editing and deletion.<br>This thread is intended to serve as a forum for corrections and annotations for the Digital Tradition song named in the title of this thread.</font><hr><h3><a href=/threads.cfm?Title=dtstudy&age=25000 target=new>Search for other DTStudy threads</a></h3><hr>

After that, the first message should have the lyrics as posted in the Digital Tradition (right-click on the lyrics entry page and do a "view source," and copy-paste the entire text, beginning with the song title and going to the end - omit the garbage at the top).
The first message should also include the Traditional Ballad Index entry, again done by a "view source."
It would be nice to have the first message include links to other threads on the song. If any of these elements are missing from the first message, I'll add them, so don't get overly worried about following format.

The second and following messages should contain commentaries, links, background information, and corrected or alternate versions of the lyrics and tune. I will delete or move off-topic messages.

When I finally get around to editing the study thread, I may leave the original DTStudy thread intact, and create a new summary document, which may or may not be in the format of a thread.

Any comments or suggestions?

Thanks for all the good work Mudcatters have done so far of the DTStudy threads. I've had a lot of fun with them.

-Joe Offer-