Re: [Wikimedia-l] A page about new editors in different projects

2016-01-22 Thread Ravishankar Ayyakkannu
Amir, We feature community member profiles in Tamil Wikipedia homepage and Wikimedia India chapter archives. It gives a brief intro about their background and links to their significant Wikimedia related contributions. Tamil Wikipedia archive - https://ta.wikipedia.org/s/7pi Wikimedia India

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A page about new editors in different projects

2016-01-21 Thread Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska
I love the idea! It makes newcomers immediately feel welcomed and valuable for the community. Also it helps us to listen to them. I really hope that maybe we could start something similar on Polish Wikipedia. Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska 2016-01-21 0:12 GMT+01:00 Risker : >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A page about new editors in different projects

2016-01-21 Thread Todd Allen
I'm sure there are plenty of people who would feel uncomfortable with that. So if something like that were to be done, people should certainly be asked first, and that only be done if they explicitly agree. Still, I think a lot of others would feel like their efforts are being noticed and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A page about new editors in different projects

2016-01-21 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
The whole point of that page is that they are _interviewed_ and the stories are published if they _want_ it. If they are uncomfortable with the attention, no story is published. I thank all the people who say that they like the idea :) My original intention was to try to find similar pages and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A page about new editors in different projects

2016-01-20 Thread Asaf Bartov
It is indeed one of my favorite community ideas on the Hebrew Wikipedia. Some of you have heard me pitch it at conferences. Let me add a couple of notes: It is an excellent and popular way to *celebrate* (not just describe) good-faith new contributors. The way it works is a couple of volunteers

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A page about new editors in different projects

2016-01-20 Thread Risker
On 20 January 2016 at 17:51, Andy Mabbett wrote: > On 20 January 2016 at 20:56, Asaf Bartov wrote: > > > It is an excellent and popular way to *celebrate* (not just describe) > > good-faith new contributors. The way it works is a couple of

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A page about new editors in different projects

2016-01-20 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 20 January 2016 at 20:56, Asaf Bartov wrote: > It is an excellent and popular way to *celebrate* (not just describe) > good-faith new contributors. The way it works is a couple of volunteers > who run the page look for a relatively new contributor who seems to have >

[Wikimedia-l] A page about new editors in different projects

2016-01-19 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
Hi, In the Hebrew Wikipedia there's a page [1] that highlights editors who recently became active - shows a short interview with them and welcomes them to the community in a nice way. It's not so much a help and a support page like English Wikipedia, but more like a newsletter or a blog that