I've been working with perl exclusively for the past couple of months (lucky me!), naturally, I've been asking many questions here at the monastery recently. But now I see in horror that my XP went straight up, putting me at the Bishop level. And I can see that, before too long, I might cross the line and be in the you-know-what level. Now my worry is the following, as someone of the lower rank, I'm entitled to ask any stupid question I want, and I've taken advantage of that. But once I become a "S", I'm sure I'll feel bad asking some naive questions (in fact, when some other saints ask a biginner-like question, I couldn't help thinking: that's a not saint question), which will deminish the value of PM for me. So this is a genuine question: can one choose to stay at a lower level? I don't mind the XP, but do mind the title.

In reply to Can I choose to stay at a lower level? by johnnywang

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