I wouldn't want to see this forum get over-regimented, and I don't think a lot of what's mentioned above belongs as separate stickies. I'm not sure how the formatting would go on this subforum--I looked at the Japan and UK subforums but haven't come to any conclusions yet. However, anything that is extremely changeable within a one-year period, or a matter or personal opinion (what's the "best" hotels, restaurants, etc. in a given city) doesn't belong as a sticky or even in an FAQ section. China changes too fast for those kinds of things. Individuals can take responsibility for using the FT search function, reading guidebooks or other travel websites, or posting a specific question for their own needs.

I would limit any stickies to items of factual importance that affect the largest number of readers, and which have relatively few changes in process or procedure during the course of an average year, so are manageable to keep up with and add accurate incremental information. IMO, candidates are:
--Chinese visa FAQ, including visa free-transit
--Transportation FAQ Sticky, including buying domestic Chinese air tickets, train tickets, transportation from major airports to town (PEK, PVG, SHA as a start), overland crossing between HKG and Shenzhen/Guangzhou
--Ways to/How to Structure a China tour, including the "guided vs independent" discussion, taking into account holiday periods, time frames needed for distances, etc.

I'm on the fence as to whether scams needs to be its own sticky. It seems more fruitful to have an overall FAQ on Money in China and Cheat Avoidance, which contains money management issues specific to China including ATM's, RMB conversion/control, TC's etc. and then links to the DCC and tea scam topics.