Re: RFC to site changes and XP changes

[husker]

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.

[jdporter]

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.