An excellent idea, since we don't currently actively invite new editors into
topics in which they might be interested, such as, for example, by pointing
them at relevant WP:Projects. I think a general indication that their
expertise might be appreciated would be more welcoming than we currently
seem to achieve; it would at least give less of an appearance of a "closed
shop" to which only experienced editors are welcome.
Phil
petr skupa wrote:
I don't
know of any good
way in which to guide newcomers towards that direction, though,
especially in a "come-and-go"-type environment such as this.
When I came to Wikipedia, .. years back then.. I really liked the
idea of stubs being sorted by the field of interest. I liked it and
started to sort them and sort them in finer categories and such. In
the end it does not look like success, like that it would help in any
way.
But I would like to see some more invitation on those stubs like:
This article about plant biology is stub. You can help Wikipedia by
expanding it.
*Or you can inspect and expand any other stubs about plant biology
[linked here to the category:Plant biology stubs]
Basically : invite the reader/editor into the particular category of
topical stubs from the article.
Petr [[u.Reo_On]]
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 12:55 AM, MuZemike <muzemike(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I don't think that is entirely reasonable
thing to say or do, but, on
the other hand, I wished that newcomers would be aware that creating
new articles from scratch is not the only way to help contribute to
the encyclopedia. Assuming that Wikipedia is still nowhere close to
being complete, there are always going to be opportunities to expand
existing articles - many of them that are still stubs. I don't know
of any good way in which to guide newcomers towards that direction,
though, especially in a "come-and-go"-type environment such as this.
-MuZemike
On 10/10/2011 7:08 PM, Tony Sidaway wrote:
The only important rule here is to be bold. We
really ought to take
more steps to disenfranchise those who repeatedly stamp on attempts
to create new content. They know who they are, and I mean it. We
should stop them hard.
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