It has been suggested before that new posts be pushed through a search. Which is not entirely what you are suggesting with your update, but more or less. Likewise, have you tried doing a search for some some common but not so generic terms? You get an awful lot back. What would happen with these meaningless titles? It would bog down the server, and they would likeyl scroll right past them. You could certainly crop the list, but how do you know you aren't throwing away the one relevant node.

Helas I have no easy solution. It boils down to the fact that it takes some general web cluefulness to use this site effectively.

However as far as rearranging goes I think something like might make things easier for newbies, and cleaner for all.

Search box...............................
Library * Perl FAQ * Q&A * Tutorials * Site FAQ * logout<br>
SoPW * CUFP...

Node heading...
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Basically try to keep all the help links together, hopefully on one-line (800x600 12 pt.). Making the Information nodelet obsolete, all other topics (Voting, etc.) need only be accessible from Site FAQ.

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perl -pew "s/\b;([mnst])/'$1/g"