https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30208

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--- Comment #65 from Platonides <[email protected]> 2011-09-14 20:54:23 UTC 
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(In reply to comment #55)
> In  which  case, with  all  due respect  you  have missed the point  of the
> proposal  for this rights change. It  has nothing  to do  with  making 
> anything  harder - it  is to  do  with  !). making  it  easier for serious
> editors to  create serious articles, by simplifying  the walls of text  and
> instruction creep and introducing  a truly  interactive Wizard, 

Great. What if we start by introducing that, and *then* decide if
a) it still needs more work (got o point 0)
b) it is good enough, we should try to forbid creation except using it
c) it is a fantastic system that should replace default editing
d) it convinces anyone to not introduce shitty articles into the wiki
etc.

Note that such work would need several months, and it would be desired to have
that *before* restricting the article creation (that's also what some people
manifested in the voting).

(In reply to comment #58)
> 1. New WP users need to be filtered into two categories: users who genuinely
> want to and are capable of contributing encyclopedic content, and users who
> want to contribute spam, copyvios, and non-notable content and then leave.  
> 2. The latter group should not be allowed to easily create new articles 
> without jumping through some hoops to deter them.  The former group should be 
> educated on what Wikipedia is about, how it works, and what is expected in a 
> new article.

Yes, but How to do that?


> The proposed trial provides the deterrent to the non-serious editors, AND
> provides a small hurdle for serious editors to get over, which if designed
> correctly, that time could be used to properly educate them and get them the
> experience they need to successfully create a great new article, 

One of the greatest strengths of Wikipedia is its immediateness. If a scholar
needs to wait four days for creating the article, he may no longer be
interested in doing so (just as well as the 12-yo you want to hold back, or
even more, since the "12yo" is more likely to create accounts everywhere).

(In reply to comment #62)
> As far as I can tell, the proposal is to create a noindexed workspace area, 
> and "highly encourage" (but don't require) new users to create their article 
> in that workspace first.  Then, without any kind of review process at all, 
> they can move their article into mainspace whenever they want.

That's not what I understood. Plus, you could easily add a review before moving
to main namespace (just make it a big "Publish now" button instead of "Manually
add the page at the bottom of Wikipedia:Pending reviews"). There's also a
mention of AbuseFilter quality checks in that page (although imho that's
problematic).

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