Simply the fact that so many people had to come out and ask (like a newbie, I might add) whether or not they are newbies proves in my mind that they are still newbies.

And I hold no illusions as to my own newbie-hood. I've been here for 363 some odd days, almost a year, but I've had something like a 6-month hiatus where I never even looked at this site. And I am most definately a newbie.