in reply to RFC to site changes and XP changes

Your Ars level has nothing to do with your Perl knowledge. It has to do with your contribution (value?) to the Monastery. Good examples of this are me: (I'm an Abbot, but many of my points have come from "non-Perl" nodes) and, conversely, He Who Should Not Be Named (who probably knows a lot more Perl than I ever will, but whose level is directly based on his usefuless to the site.)

Until you realize that your assumption that level = knowledge is false, the XP system is going to look very broken.

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Re^2: RFC to site changes and XP changes
by jdporter (Paladin) on Feb 17, 2005 at 16:31 UTC

    Good point. To reiterate: the XP system is meant to encourage users to build a high-value web site. Users gain XP by doing things that add value to the site: writing good answers; writing questions that provoke thought and elicit useful answers; and — not to be forgotten — moderating site content by making value judgements on postings (i.e. voting). (Currently, monks do not get XP for exercising the moderation/consideration system, nor for exercising their special powers, if any.)

    Recommended reading: Voting/Experience System.

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