I mean the division in purpose, in functionality, of this website (which is a sort of microcosm of the same thing happening in the broader Perl world). Mostly talking about the domination of the "Perl News" [sic] category here (as well as, off-site, for example, blogs.perl.org, the TPF presence at FOSDEM that I pointed out, the Perl Weekly content, the content of talks at the YAPCs, etc.).

If I were a newb and I consulted the "Perl News" section (or any of the entry points to the Perl world listed above) I might easily conclude that "Perl 6" is where it is at, among the PerlMonks, anyway.

(Edit: I do note, however, that http://perlnews.org, linked from the http://perl.org front page, has not been updated since April 16, 2015 ... perhaps the barriers to publication there are higher?)

I can see the motivation to conflate "Perl 6" with Perl on the part of the hobbyists, who would like to get more people involved in their thing. But for a monastery that exists to provide opportunities to teach and learn Perl, I see no benefit to such conflation. Rather I see an obligation to deobfuscate the issue, and provide clarity for novice and experienced monks who come here expecting to read about Perl.

"News" articles recounting someone's adventures in learning or hacking Ruby or Go or Node.js are not considered appropriate for publishing on this site. Despite "Perl 6"'s historical roots in Perl, it is one of that group (other languages), not Perl, and I don't think it's any more appropriate here than they are.