On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 2:39 PM, David Goodman <dgoodma...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I usually suggest to new-comers that they first spend some time > improving and updating articles in their field of interest to get > > It depends what you mean by "newcomer". I think it's easy to make the mistake of assuming a single entry point: "There is some guy, and he has a burning desire to write an article for Wikipedia, and will jump through as many hurdles as necessary to make it happen". Whereas there are all sorts of ways people get involved, like following a surprising redlink, or talking to a friend, or reading about it, or whatever. The challenge is to get as much value out of each potential "newcomer" as possible: if someone has the inclination to write three articles before losing interest, we want them to write three articles. If someone could be a massive Wikipedia nerd if only someone would show them ropes, then...you get the idea. Steve _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
