An excellent idea, since we don't currently actively invite new editors into topics in which they might be interested, such as, for example, by pointing them at relevant WP:Projects. I think a general indication that their expertise might be appreciated would be more welcoming than we currently seem to achieve; it would at least give less of an appearance of a "closed shop" to which only experienced editors are welcome.
Phil petr skupa wrote: >> I don't know of any good >> way in which to guide newcomers towards that direction, though, >> especially in a "come-and-go"-type environment such as this. > > When I came to Wikipedia, .. years back then.. I really liked the > idea of stubs being sorted by the field of interest. I liked it and > started to sort them and sort them in finer categories and such. In > the end it does not look like success, like that it would help in any > way. > > But I would like to see some more invitation on those stubs like: > > This article about plant biology is stub. You can help Wikipedia by > expanding it. > *Or you can inspect and expand any other stubs about plant biology > [linked here to the category:Plant biology stubs] > > Basically : invite the reader/editor into the particular category of > topical stubs from the article. > > Petr [[u.Reo_On]] > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 12:55 AM, MuZemike <muzem...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I don't think that is entirely reasonable thing to say or do, but, on >> the other hand, I wished that newcomers would be aware that creating >> new articles from scratch is not the only way to help contribute to >> the encyclopedia. Assuming that Wikipedia is still nowhere close to >> being complete, there are always going to be opportunities to expand >> existing articles - many of them that are still stubs. I don't know >> of any good way in which to guide newcomers towards that direction, >> though, especially in a "come-and-go"-type environment such as this. >> >> -MuZemike >> >> On 10/10/2011 7:08 PM, Tony Sidaway wrote: >>> The only important rule here is to be bold. We really ought to take >>> more steps to disenfranchise those who repeatedly stamp on attempts >>> to create new content. They know who they are, and I mean it. We >>> should stop them hard. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> WikiEN-l mailing list >> WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l >> > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
