Speaking from my own experience, I started off as a "vandal" got a couple of test warnings and then I started contributing meaningfully. As long as the vandalism is not subtle and experimenting users are not labelled as "vandals" as such, it can be easily managed by bots and users.
ZOMG LET''S VANDALIZE WIKIPEDIA!!!11!! will inevitably get more attention than "Let us write an article day!". Yours sincerely, Anirudh Singh Bhati Student of Law, Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar, India. Handphone: +919328712208 Skype: anirudhsbh Anyone who needs to be persuaded to be free, doesn’t deserve to be. —L. Neil Smith. On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 7:39 PM, Anthony <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
