[WikiEN-l] Sub-stub city

Sun Aug 8 08:57:43 UTC 2004

--- Stephen Adair <SWAdair at computermail.net> wrote:
> ...
> I think 200 bytes is a reasonable lower limit.  Under 200 bytes gets you a
> message about needing more substance (or some more tactful word) before an
> article can be created, along with a link to the sandbox for those who want
> to practice editing.

This sounds like a good idea. Another idea would be to not allow anons to
create new articles (editing existing articles would still be allowed). They
would get a message after following a red link that invites them to create a
user account so that they can create a new page (and list some advantages of
being a logged-in editor). 

With 300K+ articles I think we should start more concerted efforts to encourage
expanding the articles we already have and somewhat de-emphasize the creation
of new articles (esp stubs). 

> There are so many people, most of them well-intentioned, posting unuseable
> content to the Wikipedia, and so few dedicated regulars trying to clean up
> after them.  We're being deluged with fluff, and we don't have to be.  I
> think a reasonable minimum byte count would reduce the workload of those
> trying to maintain the Wikipedia, while simultaneously improving the quality
> of the articles.

What we really need is a way to remove articles checked x number of times by x
user type (non-new users or Admins) from RC, newpages and similar special
pages. Much duplicated effort occurs as-is, making the problem seem worse than
it should be. 

-- Daniel Mayer (aka mav)

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