You're welcome to resubmit the aahfn site in that same category, and ask about it here in another month. That shouldn't require a rule book.
Most of the rules are pretty self-evident, though. Why keep all posts about a site in one thread? that's why threads were invented....to sort out simultaneous discussions on different subjects. Just try to figure out what information someone needs to carry on a coherent conversation ... and keep it in one place so they can find it. And the ODP rules all flow pretty naturally from the ODP mission and our experience trying to implement it (admittedly, some of the latter may not be obvious to a non-editor....)
Just think: if I were an editor with 1,000 submitters acting just like I'm about to, what would I want them all to do? Then do that. And we'll appreciate you and the hundreds of other people for your help and your courtesy.