[Mark McLeod]

I meant to revisit this sooner, but distractions, distractions,...

One important favorable point of the stand-alone examples that currently come with FRC LabVIEW is that they are handy for stand-alone troubleshooting. Beginners can try them, as-is, to see if their hardware is hooked up and operating correctly. And of course it's always easier to start from a working example when beginners experiment.
Some of the more advanced concepts (e.g., DMA) probably shouldn't be easily accessible in the default Framework, so beginners will be subtly discouraged from attempting to use them, but intermediates still have advanced examples to work with.

Examples using the latest 2011 Framework will still need to be stand-alone to retain this usefulness. Beginners are going to cut-and-paste without a complete knowledge of what it all means.

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I'd think a comprehensive FAQ would more closely resemble a manual. Too thick and beginners won't know where to look or what to look for.

What kinds of Question range and detail did you have in mind?
What target audience, e.g., mentor/student, beginner/intermediate/experienced, non-LabVIEW programming background, other categories?

Might be worthwhile to brainstorm the outlines of an FAQ.