https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30208
--- Comment #40 from Snottywong <[email protected]> 2011-08-09 21:57:20 UTC --- (In reply to comment #39) > I myself joined only in March 2010; I didn't > join because I saw articles that looked like shit, but because I was so > impressed with the quality of some articles that I figured it'd be neat just > to > fix a few typos and do a little bit of work. Over a year later, I'm still > here; I wouldn't have been affected by this change at all, because I didn't > create my first article until January this year. Instead of resorting to the > methods of 2001-2002, get with the times NOW. You won't know until you try. My first edit was to create a new article (in 2007). I had made some minor edits as an IP before that, correcting typos and such, but I was forced to register to create my article (i.e. Wikipedia is already not an encyclopedia where anyone can create an article). Had I been forced to wait 4 days and make 10 edits, I can say with confidence that it would not have deterred me. I had done my research and I knew that the article I wanted to create passed the notability bar and had plenty of verifiable sources. I was going to create it regardless of the hurdles I would have to jump through. On the other hand, if my plan was to create an article which consists of "My buddy John is cool, he likes bicycles and has red hair" then I probably wouldn't have bothered to wait the 4 days. My point is I agree with Blade (comment 39). We can do just fine without 72% of the articles that non-autonconfirmed users are creating currently. I can honestly say that had I been forced to become autoconfirmed first, I probably would have been annoyed, but only because I wouldn't have been warned ahead of time. If I had gotten plenty of warnings while editing as an IP that I would eventually need to become autoconfirmed before I'd be able to create new articles, then I probably would have registered a lot sooner and made my minor lurking edits as a registered editor. So perhaps one thing we should concentrate on is being more proactive about warning IP editors that not only will they need to register to create new articles, but they'll need to make 10 edits over 4 days while registered. Perhaps we can add this warning to [[Mediawiki:Nocreatetext]] and even the anonymous editnotice, so that every time an IP editor makes an edit, they're reminded of the restrictions on their editing and given an incentive to edit as a registered user (e.g. "Here are the added benefits of registering:"). The more advance notice we give anonymous editors will make it less of a surprise and make them less annoyed when they realize they need to become autoconfirmed. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
