Thanks for the detailed feedback. I'll be updating the post with adjustments people have recommended very soon. However, I am curious about this:

Third, [citation needed]. If you are compiling a list of advice like this, I think the onus is on you to make some effort to check that the advice you're giving is useful, or at least to put a disclaimer saying that you haven't. This could be useful resource, if it could be trusted.

Aside from the recommendations from the community (which say merely '<UserName> says X') I did include links to all of my sources. Am I missing something here?