I have some advice to help new member to perlmonks. If you are new to Perl you can find help and a tutorial/manual in perl by typing "man perl" I am not sure if this works in all perl systems but I know it does in the older versions. The newer versions come with a help doc in the folder you install them in. If you are having trouble finding your way around perlmonks.com there is always a search engine, but if you can't find what your looking for and the search engine doesn't help the best way to find something is to ask in the chatterbox! The chatterbox is made for questions. I promise there is always at least one monk in the chatterbox at all time that knows what he is talking about. Also if you can't find something that you know is a feature of perlmonksthe MOST likely reason that it is not there is because it is turned off in your user settings. Just click on your name link at the top of the screen then go to user settings, find what your looking for and enable it. -Noobie

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Re: Helping New Members
by Marza (Vicar) on Sep 13, 2002 at 04:21 UTC

    hey Noobie,

    It's great you want to help but this is not the way to do it. You might get a couple people but it will roll off

    You have a unique perspective in that you are still new. If you are serious about wanting to help. I would give some thought about anything that you think will help others. For example, something you didn't know existed that would have made your time easier if you knew.

    As you mention the tutorials, did you notice the beginners one? Welcome to the Monastery! Make yourself at home. If you feel stuff should be added, post a comment on it's thread. If the writer thinks its good, he will add it.

    Keep up the good work.

      Or use your enthusiasm on the fairly thankless task of replying to people whose posts indicate they could use this kind of information. Badly formatted posts, or posts in the wrong section might benefit from the perlmonks introductory tutorial Marza mentioned (or turnstep's homenode), especially if this were suplimented with a few quick tips relating to their specific circumstances. A recent post seemed to suggest that these kind of answers, which include parts of the manual instead of just pointing to it, are of short supply.