On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 1:16 PM, Pharos <pharosofalexand...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I would pitch it as a simple appeal to edit the Wikipedia article on > your hometown (or home neighborhood if you're from a big city). > > In my experience, something like this has been attractive to a very > broad spectrum of people, and gives them a nice "in" as a place to get > started. > > Thanks, > Richard > (User:Pharos) Big cities usually work a lot better than small towns or medium sized cities, where inclusion of local places are often reverted due to lack of assertions of notability. English Wikipeidia user Chzz inspired an essay that I host, for new users strictly looking to edit: < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Keegan/Butterfly> We use the essay to reference people trying to create or edit articles that they have a conflict of interest with to get them started editing Wikipedia as an encyclopedia instead of a motivate-driven platform. -- ~Keegan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Keegan _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l