On 3 November 2011 13:27, Fae <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3 November 2011 12:27, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Backlogs as a concern translate directly to "newbies are inherently a >> problem." > I don't get the point being made here, People who say "But x would lead to a backlog!" as a counterargument to making something easier, as if backlogs are inherently a problem. > I would have thought that backlogs > are a good way to attract new editors into teamworking and community. < > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/DER> and < > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Unreferenced_BLP_Rescue> are > examples that attracted many new editors Well, yeah. Some article maintenance backlogs are just horrible to deal with, though. I just went through new article wizard creations. I checked about ten, cleared a few as OK enough to live and just don't want to look at another one. I suppose, look at the biggest article maintenance categories and think: "how can I turn this into an opportunity to recruit?" Surely we haven't recruited and burnt out all the world's pedants ... - d. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
