On PerlMonks, the user name for an anonymous user is 'Anonymous Monk'. But did you know that on Slashdot, it's 'Anonymous Coward'? And that's precisely because of posts like this one.

Why do you say this is not a site for quizes? I think that vroom is the only user who can categorically say what is and is not appropriate for this site. Other users, such as those on Saints in our Book, will certainly be listened to if they make suggestions or recommendations about the site. An Anonymous Monk, on the other hand, has no business telling other, registered users how to use the site.

You seem to think you're an expert in networking, because you deduced that, since Eureka_sg and bambam come from the same IP address, they must be the same person. Sorry. A real expert would know about firewalls and proxy servers. An expert would even realize that two different people could use the same computer. A single company with more than one programmer that visits PerlMonks... You know, that doesn't seem at all unusual to me.

You're right, there are many ways to attain Sainthood on PerlMonks. I'm not sure what you mean by "cheating", though... Unless it's posting flames as an Anonymous Monk instead of your real user name, so that you don't lose XP for it or tarnish your reputation. Have you achieved what you originally set out to do? Did you come to PerlMonks so you could anonymously harass the other users? Do you deserve Sainthood for that?

Yes, erudil has achieved Sainthood, despite making only 9 posts. The lion's share of Erudil's XP came from voting; is that right? Yes! Because Sainthood is a measure of contribution to the site, not of Perl knowledge. One may contribute to the site in many ways; these include asking good questions, providing helpful answers, sharing clever or useful code, and participating in the voting process.

You have the gall to accuse Eureka_sg and bambam of manipulating the system to gain XP, when you're here hiding behind the Anonymous Monk username to avoid getting downvotes? Whoever you are, you should be ashamed of yourself.

By the way, I am voting ++ on Eureka_sg's quiz questions. Why? Because I think that they highlight useful features of Perl that often trip up new programers, and that the nodes were well-written too. Every Perl programmer should learn what the regex /[0-z]+/ will match, and that 1..9 is an expression while [1-9] is a character class.

Eureka_sg is sharing his knowledge of Perl with other users of the site. And isn't that what PerlMonks is all about?