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Dave HornishNot sure if everyone remembers but there were various efforts in the past to organize/police the hobby and nothing ever came of it. Don't see it working now.
As for a database of old articles, that is something I partially have together (back to 1981), although nothing is scanned; it's all tearsheets and hard copies of magazines and (some) catalogs). If two separate baseball bibliographies can be compiled (Grobani and Smith) which are far more intricate than a hobby database, then it is a doable task. I always wished there was a vintage card version of SABR, this would be a great project for an organization like that.
Less slabbing, more trading would be nice but not really feasible on a large scale.