+1 It's also good to keep in mind that a huge chunk of being part of the communities, is just browsing around the "backstage areas", spending time reading and learning about the ongoing decision-processes, and workflow-processes, and communication styles, and personal tasks that are what keep us moving forward. Stumbling across other editors having/sharing moments of joy, and being inspired by that. Perusing userpages, browsing (layout!) guidelines, skimming villagepumps, checking noticeboards, and investigating backlog piles. http://xkcd.com/214/ doesn't just apply to articles! I had to dabble and explore in a number of areas, before I found regular tasks that I found consistently enjoyable. [I know a few of the design team already do this a lot, because they ask me questions frequently! (Which I encourage). Reading doesn't leave traces though, so it can be hard for anyone else to get a sense of who is keeping their curiosity burning at both ends. :-) ]
- quiddity On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 4:29 PM, Trevor Parscal <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't know the answer to this question, but I do think it is a good one, > and I would be in favor of anyone making product decisions being encouraged > and given bandwidth to immerse themselves in the product they are making > decisions about in it's raw organic form, real active wikis. > > I don't edit very much, mostly just on MediaWiki.org to document software. > I certainly feel like I would benefit a lot from editing more, and I don't > really have any good excuses why I don't. Perhaps I will try spending some > time editing while I'm on vacation. > > - Trevor > > On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 5:27 PM, MZMcBride <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi. >> >> I just spent a few minutes catching up on this mailing list. I noticed >> that Nirzar recently joined the design team. That thread seemed very >> strange to me. It didn't answer the most basic question: does he actively >> edit wikis? And if not, when will he be starting? >> >> This got me thinking about the larger issue. Are people actively editing >> the projects? I mean making new pages, fixing typos, updating templates, >> etc. on Wikipedia or Wikisource or Commons or another wiki? To me, it >> seems like it would be nearly impossible to design well for these projects >> without immersing yourself in them. There's so much left to be done, even >> on our largest projects such as the English Wikipedia, and I think we're >> failing at communicating this. I talk to people who feel Wikipedia is vast >> and finished(!), but they're completely wrong. >> >> I think good design is a key component to growing the projects, but I >> worry that more and more people are involved in name only. People should >> be actively editing and I'm not sure that they are. So I'm left wondering: >> are people actively editing? Do people try to reserve a day a week to >> editing? An edit a day? How do people get involved so that they can >> understand, protect, and enhance the projects? >> >> I should be in San Francisco in late January and I'm hoping to meet with >> some of you. Be assured that editing will be a topic of discussion. :-) >> >> MZMcBride >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Design mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/design >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Design mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/design > >
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