bmcgee - 12:31 am on Jan 2, 2007 (gmt 0)

It is far more likely that, for awhile, the always-low priority generally given site suggestions will be especially evident (since there are so many high-priority activities to tempt the volunteers.) I'd expect renewed focus on the topics that are likely to interest volunteers most; on quality-focussed re-reviews of existing sites

How naive. Probably far more likely that the majority of the editors who are casual editors will just throw in the towel and never edit again.

Sure, some of the diehards may be reinvigorated. But the number of active editors is sure to drastically drop.

The diehards can't come close to handling things as is with the casual editors' assistance. The ODP will just fall further behind as a result of this very extended outage.