Consider giving the monk "karma" points instead. To do this, type the following in the (public) chatterbox:

[Ovid]++
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or:

[Ovid]++ # you da man
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Karma points are separate from XP, and are not an official feature of PerlMonks (unlike, say, Slash, where karma is intrinsic); they are managed by the user im2. To see the current karma tally for everyone, go to The Karma Report, accessible from im2's homenode. But ultimately, it isn't so much about a monk's total karma as the act of giving props in the public forum.