[WikiEN-l] Time for preformatted empty articles?

Thu Nov 30 00:27:38 UTC 2006

The AFC template is great.  As far as IP users go, it's a surefire way
to tell if they're serious about making an article, not serious, or
just confused.

Ryan

On 11/29/06, MacGyverMagic/Mgm <macgyvermagic at gmail.com> wrote:
> We should probably still kill a lot of unsourced edits. Such a preload
> template is already in use at AFC and it is routinely ignored, but better to
> try and convince some people to follow it. It didn't solve the problem, but
> it cut back on problem cases slightly.
>
> Mgm
>
>
> On 11/30/06, Ryan Wetherell <renardius at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > This would need at least some more planning that what Wikinews offers,
> > since the range of article types is vastly different on Wikipedia.
> > But not at all a bad idea if it can be done well.
> >
> > Ryan
> >
> > On 11/29/06, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Rather than going on a campaign to kill all new articles without
> > > sufficient sourcing, would it be time to introduce article prefilling,
> > > using the <inputbox> extension?
> > >
> > > For an example, go to en.wikinews.org, type something into the "Start
> > > a new article" box and hit "Create article". This example is created
> > > using the wikitext:
> > >
> > > <inputbox>
> > > type=create
> > > preload=Template:New_page
> > > editintro=Template:New_article_intro
> > > width=25
> > > bgcolor=#f0f0ff
> > > </inputbox>
> > >
> > > Presumably we'd need this switched on for en:wp if it isn't already.
> > >
> > >
> > > - d.