I would agree with the first rule -- if "number" is meant to be "vote". In that case, we don't have numbers for persons, only for what they write. It is not possible on PerlMonks to vote on a person (which IMHO is a good thing).Yes, we do have XP, but about everybody knows that this does not reflect the competence of a person. Plus you can't change the XP value of another person directly.

As for the second rule; we do not showcase the "lowliest monks", only the worst content.

Which leads me to the conclusion that the future of PerlMonks actually looks rather bright :-)