Maybe I'm missing something. Maybe it has been discussed before, but I can't find it. Why do we have a Perl News section that is hardly updated?

It's not possible to add newsitems, at least not for monks up till my level, so probably only Saints have this privilege. The only thing for example that has been mentioned about YAPC::Europe is the announcement that the site has been opened (thanks for that davorg), but come on, that was in February this year! You don't want to know when the last CPAN module-update was mentioned.

I'd say either give all monks of a certain level (not only saints, since it seems they don't have the time to update this section), say Friar, the ability to update this section, or remove it at all.

Jouke Visser, Perl 'Adept'
Using Perl to help the disabled: pVoice and pStory

2006-03-01 Retitled by planetscape, as per Monastery guidelines
Original title: 'Perl News Section?'

In reply to News section not being kept current? by Jouke

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