Re: Why does PerlMonks rock?

[wol]

The main thing is putting "Monks" on the end. Allusions to monasticism stop most forums from sucking. This forum - http://forum.bataction.co.uk/ - does not have "Monks" on the end, and is clearly going nowhere.

Judging by your question, you seem to have found the answer without realising. Good luck with your hypothetical new forum!

[jvector]

(late in on this one, but it's worth keeping going)

The impression I have picked up, being pretty new here still, is the folks who come here and stay are largely those who have got to the point in their Perl (and Open Source: the two mentalities go together so well) experience that they are ready to look at ways to give something back.