The upcoming moderation ought to go a long way towards rewarding good answers, since I think everyone with a login can vote. However, I don't know that mass moderation would help in this particular case. I think that the most popular answers are only somewhat likely to be the most helpful. (Witness /. where anything funny gets moderated up)

Since this IS a resource site for newbies and experts alike, perhaps there should be a modification so that moderation by the question poster (on answers to their questions) counts for more than moderation by randomly browsing monks.

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