Checking the Village Pump today I discovered http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28proposals%29#autoconfirmed_for_unassisted_article_creation
This is an ingenious new way of getting rid of newcomers while officially welcoming them to contribute. A newcomer who wants to create a new article would be sent through a 7+ page procedure with no less than 21 buttons, a number of dead ends and trap doors and about 2500 words of instructions for a typical path from start to end. Isn't it time to be honest with ourselves and nominate "Wikipedia is not a bureaucracy" for deletion? This email describes my impression. See for yourself: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WIZ2 _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
