2008/12/9 Thomas Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 2008/12/9 Delirium <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Ziko van Dijk wrote: >>> About usability: I believe that one significant barrier for new Wikimedians >>> is the jargon in the Wikimedia projects, mostly in discussions, but also in >>> help pages: >>> * Expressions from computer science: IP, bug, URL >>> * Expressions from the Open Source movement: fork, stable version >>> * Expressions from the net culture: imho, :D, lol, @ (directed to a person >>> in a discussion) >>> * For non native speakers of English: SNAFU, dude >>> >> On the English Wikipedia, and occasionally Commons, I'd put >> Wikipedia-policy acronyms above all those in both frequency of use and >> likelihood of confusing or putting off newbies. > > At least those are generally linked, though. >
I've got to admit I'm a bit disappointed that [[WP:SNAFU]] doesn't go anywhere. the wub _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
