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Should we stop hiding Purim Torah?

During this community's first year, we created a category for Purim Torah and opened it for posting for a few weeks in season.  After that we hid the category -- the posts are still there, but they're not visible to non-moderators.  Then for some reason we didn't reopen it in subsequent years.

We were, I think, following the precedent from Mi Yodeya, where those questions mingle with regular questions and are bulk-closed at the end of the season.  With the questions mingled like that, this makes sense -- yes there was a tag, but it would still be easy for things to get mixed up.

Here at Codidact we have categories, so we have a special place for these posts.  Looking back, it feels like *hiding* them was extreme (maybe we didn't have better tools at the time); what's the harm in these questions being visible, and segregated, year-round?

We don't have a lot of Purim Torah, but we have some clever posts that people invested effort in, and it seems a shame to have it all be locked away most of the time.  Plus, if it's visible, people might remember it during Adar in future years.  How would folks feel about making the category visible?  We could restrict the posting of new questions (we might not be able to restrict answers to existing questions) -- or we could even leave it fully open, because funny or "what-if" questions that don't fit the main Q&A might occur to people year-round, they'd be separate, and the community might enjoy having this outlet.

Thoughts?