Do you think monk-sites of other topics would dilute the power of this site, or do you scratch your head in frustration when using other resources wishing there was a linuxmonks, or c++monks, I have searched in frustration not find the idea of perlmonks mock sites in other venues.

I don't think anything would "dilute the power of this site" as you put it.

On the other hand, I don't find myself frustrated wishing that there were analogs to this site for other languages or technologies. In fact there are such sites even if their quality isn't what you've come to expect here.

I think the crux of the issue is that this is a community. We share something in common here. Perl. Communities form around commonality. It just so happens that the Perl community grew up with Perl the language. Its origins, being non-commercial, fostered a strong "gift society" (as tilly once put it I think.) The result is that giving advice, help, instruction, and so forth are the social norm in this community. The Perl community isn't unique in this sense but it is a little more grounded in those ideals than, for example, the C++ or Java communities.

I think your idea is good in principle but in practice, these communities will only be as helpful as the participants anyway. Putting the word "monks" on the end of a technology's name isn't going to result in increasing the quality of the assistance available to people using that technology.

-sauoq
"My two cents aren't worth a dime.";

In reply to Re: Consideration of the Monk Trademark by sauoq
in thread Consideration of the Monk Trademark by enigmae

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