[WikiEN-l] Newbies "stumbling" across VfD

Tue Aug 2 09:30:50 UTC 2005

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Daniel P. B. Smith wrote:
>> But we aren't, and I suspect more than one person was incredibly
>> confused. Think of all the pages that link to VfD, and how many
>> newbies stumble across it; all the policies that mention it.
> 
> 
> I don't know about that.
> 
> I suspect that very FEW newbies stumble across it. I am trying to 
> remember how long I was editing Wikipedia before I ran into VfD or  even
> knew that pages got deleted. I believe it was several months.
> 

My first edit:

16:37, 21 September 2004 (hist) (diff) Roll-playing (Added D&D reference)

My first VFD edit, more than 100 edits later:

06:58, 27 October 2004 (hist) (diff) m Wikipedia:Votes for
deletion/Zuckermann ghil'ad (rv vandalism)  (top)

My first VFD rampage:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=Alphax&offset=20041117041416&limit=50

So it took me from September 21 (about the day I discovered Wikipedia)
to November 16 (after 2 months of doing very little) to fully find and
start voting at VFD.

But as you can see from the above, I first stumbled upon VFD a month
after stumbling upon Wikipedia itself.

And evidently whilst RC patrolling no less :)

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