On 29/11/06, MacGyverMagic/Mgm <macgyvermagic(a)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.
Yeah. The nice thing about a preload template is that it can guide new
editors without being a straightjacket on experienced ones - it's just
text in the edit box, after all.
Something like (off the top of my head):
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is ... [one-sentence definition]. It is ...
==More detail==
[Put more detail about important aspects of {{PAGENAME}} here. Use
==section-name== around new sections.]
==References==
[List the sources you used in writing this article]
==External links==
[List the most important couple of external webpages on the subject.]
This shows people how to give us the useful content for a good stub
article without having to know all about editing wikitext and lovely
formatting.
wikitech-l - is it possible yet to do a preload when someone hits
'edit' on a red link? If so, what do we need for this to be switched
on for en:wp? It is likely time for such a thing.
- d.