Not all projects don't allow newbies to pattcipate, because you can still find a campain that accept newbies Just like the campain where im in right now... Projects most allows ranks higher than newbies it is because most of the newbies are unexperience and sometimes act as spamers on some threads. Its normal to newbies to mess up but too many mistakes will lead to a bigger problem thats why they prefere jr member and higher.