If you decide that 'sainthood' actually depicts a state of knowledge where a monk can come across most types of perl problem and have a good bash at solving them

But that certainly isn't true.

For a very insignificant leap of faith youve arrived at a scenario where monks (particularly at a lower to intermediate level) can enter designated areas where wherever they turn they find elements of perl which are at or close to the level they are at - almost like a perl womb! I think that would be a pretty neat thing to achieve.

No you don't. Not as long as you link it to something as meaningless as XP.

Of course a side effect would be that XP would start to be associated with knowledge levels rather than just showing up to the site

But, as indicated by myself and others, XP is not associated with knowledge levels, and just wishing it were doesn't make it so. You might wish adults could fly, and you can associate adulthood with the ability to levitate all you want, fact is and remains that adults don't fly.

Abigail