Is Perlmonks a search engine that you passively ask questions and get answers in return? Is it not rather a forum for discourse? What is the worth of PM, if not as a facility to allow many people to benefit collectively from the learning experiences of each individual? Do people post misconceptions knowing ahead of time that they are wrong? If a popular misconception goes unposted and in turn unrefuted, how will awareness that it is a misconception spread?

Makeshifts last the longest.