It's uncertain how throwing 600+ users onto PerlMonks and nntp.perl.org would be received by existing participants, though. Opinions?

heh, probably the same way as when merlyn mentioned perlmonks in Learning Perl ;-)

Seriously though, I think it would be fine to provide a link to the monastery. There might be a few more RTFM responses, but we'd be working for the greater good, right? =D (you might also want to consider linking to the Q&A and FAQ sections)