OSS discussions you'd call canonical/prototypical for the project?

I'm chewing on some ideas on maintainership culture for OSS projects and how it relates to a projects health and long-term viability.

My thought is that one can extrapolate a lot about a project from particular discussions. However, my exposure to OSS is quite limited to the projects close to me.

Can anyone share canonical public discussions that demonstrate project values and culture? Perhaps that would belong in Erdos's "book" for that project or those that you find yourself referring back to.