Not all SOPW posts are the kinds of posts that require the use of "use strict;". Some posts don't include <CODE> at all. So I think this would be a bad idea.

"Seekers of Perl Wisdom" != "What's wrong with this code"

If I post a regex, for example, that's failing match a given text, my use of strict or not is irrelevant.

Personally, I would support a c.l.p.m.-style FAQ that is emailed to a New User when they sign up. Something that gives all the necessary info like "How to post a question", "Where to post a question", etc. Of course, this doesn't guarantee that it will be read. But we can't force annoying popup windows on people.

___ Simon Flack ($code or die)
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In reply to Re: Re: Automatic reminder to use strict in new SoPW posts... by $code or die
in thread Automatic reminder to use strict in new SoPW posts... by theguvnor

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