> The bar for contributing is higher. Whether because editing is more > technically challenging, or because the rules and standards are more > complex, or simply because more of what people know is documented than > it was 4 years ago... it's harder in a variety of ways for people to > contribute significantly on a regular basis (i.e. become regular > editors, as opposed to making several contributions and not > returning). > > We can try to relax some of these barriers, but they grew naturally > along with the project; the needs of the project have evolved over > time, so winding back the clock to 2006 may not be beneficial in as > many was as some might think. > > Nathan
That's right. We are expecting a lot more quality than we once did, perhaps forgetting that it took some of us years to acquire our current skills, such as they are. I think we need some less punishing way to learn; although books like How Wikipedia Works, if consulted, are part of the solution. Another is not going ballistic when mistakes are made by newbies, or your "enemies". Fred _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
