I appreciate the fact that when I post a question to the monestary, not only do I get a quick response but also an accurate one(s). I appreciate a community that allows you to help one another for the benefit for all. I do understand the voting and the XP concept and I believe that it's a benefit to the entire community to have them.
I as a newby to Perl (about three weeks now), I frequent this and many other sites hoping to learn. My comment today is not meant to be spiteful, but rather a question to the 'elders' of the cloister. I have noticed that when one of the Initiate post a 'duh' question (myself included), the Initiate / newby's seem to get reprimanded either verbally from replys or through votes. Is that really for the good of the community?
I don't want to 'dumb down' the community, but perhaps there should be an area in the Monestary that would allow newby's to hang out and work out our basic Perl skills before wondering into things like the Obfuscation and other areas that are really meant for those with a strong overall understanding of Perl and the community. This would then hopefully limit our 'duh' questions to an area where they are expected, and hopefully keep the other posts clear of these questions.
As a parting note, I just wanted to thank all of the monks, even the ones that voted my 'basic' questions down. I learn from you all, and I thank you for that.

- Mission
"Heck I don't know how to do it either, but do you think that's going to stop me?!!"

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