2008/12/5 George Herbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I think these are valid concerns about my idea. > I would respond with "But you can always create pages the existing way" 8-) > But some new users won't want that much framework either. I don't > know how many different methods/paths we can set up for different > levels and expectations of users (and being aware of things like > screen real estate, etc).
I've occasionally over the years suggested on wikien-l that we prefill article pages with an article template, e.g. ---O<---cut here---O<--- First sentence explaining your '''article topic''' with the topic in bold. Second sentence introducing it more. Explain to the reader why this is important enough to need an article. == Subheading == Some text explaining the subheading. Add more subheadings and text as needed. == References == What sources back up the information you've written above? Please list them here. Be able to back up everything you've written. == External links == List here the one or two very best web links possible in the world on this topic. ---O<---cut here---O<--- Unfortunately, the idea's never gotten any traction, and discussion has rapidly gone all bikeshed [1] on the precise content of the hypothetical template and how this is horribly restrictive of established editors and the Man's keeping them down, etc. A pity, as I think new en:wp contributors seeing the above when they start an article would lead to a lot less articles being shot on sight. [1] http://bikeshed.org/ - d. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l