On 17 August 2012 12:36, Steven Zhang <cro0...@gmail.com> wrote: > So, I had a look at articles for creation today, and there was nearly 1,000 > pending article submissions. Articles for creation has changed a lot since > 2008 - it was of a similar structure to XFD - all submissions for a > particular day were on one page, and people could come along and approve or > reject based in certain criteria. > > I think that system worked well. True, we have a lot more article creations, > but I think it gave more visibility than the current system where everything > is subpaged. > > Some may think that the bar at AFC is set too high but this high bar > discourages new users, especially when their submissions stay unreviewed for > weeks at a time. And since editor retention is something we are trying to > focus on, it seems a worthy project since many new users have their first > experiences in AFC. The lack of volunteers in wikiprojects like AFC is not a > new thing, so it's not that volunteers have reduced. I think we need to > consider if AFC is something we still want to have, and if so, how can we > improve it?
You are saying that there is a backlog (a problem of success), so the thing is broken? I know attention-seeking rhetoric is normal in our discussions, but what exactly is your logic? You preferred the older system. I don't know what you are saying about the high bar. Charles _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
