Looking at the state of some of the newbie/alt thread starters in recent times I really think it'd be a good idea to consider bringing newbie jail back. The place is becoming a farce littered with steaming thread style faeces. Something needs to happen.
This is also what I'm seeing in the some boards: just the same recurring questions from newbies that had been answered for some thousand of times. Also, it is great to have a stickied thread of how to's on the Beginners and Help section so that there shouldn't be redundant threads for just a single topic.