Is this not a bigger issue than just the PerlMonks? Why is such a wonderful medium like Perl waning in the orthodox software community at all, compared to the tower of babel we have in this community?
I am an initiate, zero on your PerlMonks scale. Yet I have been developing Perl applications for 23 years. I am now focused on becoming a Monk, to raise a much bigger collaborative opportunity for Perl and its community.
I want to dialog about it. But my first attempt at introducing the subject has been bounced by your "tough beans" algorithm, so I am exploring other ways of opening a discussion.