The thing I have come aware of is to get the most out of answers to your question, it is vital that you will have a starting point where to look for further information. By answering a node we guide the questioner in the right direction (hopefully). When we provide links to other nodes that
the questioner will gain a lot more experience since he will get used to PM, man pages perldoc etc much sooner, because we show that such a thing is out there. it will also help the faint at heart that will be scared off by a use this! statement.