On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 8:31 AM, Kul Takanao Wadhwa <[email protected]>wrote:
> James Alexander wrote: > > On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 3:12 AM, Anirudh Bhati <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > >> Vandalizing Wikipedia may actually get a few started on the project. > It's > >> usually easier to persuade people to do "evil" sounding things on the > >> internet than real-life - some positive externalities may arise. > >> > >> I agree, I've actually met at least 3 people "out in the world" who > >> > > admitted to starting off vandalizing the Wikipedia and then ended up > editing > > it legitimately. Two of them do very random wikiGnome stuff when they see > it > > and the third has actually done quite a few articles now. > > > > > That's very interesting to know. Do you have any idea what made them > convert from being vandals to positive contributors? > Reading Template:Test, of course. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
