I basically agree. It might be enough having a sticky topic with the word 'Newbie' in the General forum where newcomers would be pointed to the generic user documentation and wiki pages and would be encouraged to Just Ask. The General forum would be offered as default placeholder in case of doubt, and we would move the threads to better locations, if any.

In fact the best favor we can make to newcomers is better official and community documentation, editing and linking to it whenever somebody asks. Most newbies have similar questions, searching answers through long threads is not easy and for most having to ask (in English etc) is already an entry barrier.