I would be for this. I think, though the knowledge is OOC, the means of conveying it being IC is good interaction between characters and that is a healthy thing. As someone else told me, too much seems to be via OOC message or forums and this would be a way of providing an IC interface.
Yes, someone can just message the new player. But, how many of us have messaged new players over the years? And how many of us still do? Those lack of replies and disappearances aren't exactly inspirational and people stop trying. But people do reply to messages sent to them and are glad to help out new players when given opportunity. So by providing an interface that new players can find and write someone, it promotes interaction more than what currently exists.
