Ah, I see. Yes, you are correct. We want to keep the FAQ's straight and readable (as far as possible).1

If you see something like what you mentioned, then, please feel free to either post a new discussion or to privately /msg a janitor or helper elf.

As far as getting voted down for your original post, well, I think it's possible some folks misread your note and simply thought you were trolling for XP. I wouldn't worry about it too much. Many people (myself included) get an off start. Hang in there, keep an eye on how things work, and you'll do fine.

There are a number of nodes that point to getting off on the right foot, but my personal favorite is this home node. Feel free to dig around for some others. :-)

--f

1 - Note that we know the Library docs are out of date. That's on the list of things to fix, but since you can find docs from most recent versions of Perl here, it's not been as high a priority as other things.

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