On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 4:46 PM, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote: > 2009/12/5 Carcharoth <[email protected]>: > >> Indeed. It is best, some say, to concentrate on what is most in demand >> (either by what links here, or by searching Wikipedia for the term and >> seeing how many articles mention it). I think 'missing articles' does >> factor that in. Oh, and one way to enculture new editors is to help >> them out on an article and if they talk back (many people are shy or >> don't want to interact), then take things from there. > > Possibly. It strikes me that one way to recruit smart specialists > would be to point them at the redlink list in their specialty. "We > have some idea how far we need to go."
Depends how cranky they get in a place like Wikipedia... >> I wonder if WikiTours would help? Charles should be able to point us >> to the Meta Bus Tours that once existed. Maybe you remember those, >> David? Some page on meta that gave timetables for a virtual bus >> stopping at various central locations in Wikipedia. > > I never really encountered them ... Me neither. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:TourBusStop http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?TourBusMap They look a bit, well, touristy! Carcharoth _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
