[hasenj]

I would prefer if articles remain.

You don't want to burn a book just because it's old.

Something like ESR's how to become a hacker[0] is several years old, but it's still valuable and people still link to it.

[0] http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html

[nickbalestra]

Agree! Looks like you are not the only one giving us this feedback so don't worry, feathers post will keep floating on the clout :)