Correction, it was a blog. I just don't remember where. If'n anyone else does, please post. It was a good read.
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 10:56 PM, Keegan Paul <kgnp...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> It would be interesting if someone did a study on initial interactions >> between newcomers and oldbies to see if anything can be improved. But >> IMHO the best way to avoid newbies getting "bitten" is to help them >> avoiding newbie mistakes in the first place - a good interface, the >> right help and a few safety checks would go a long way. ("Whoa there >> newbie, you just wiped the whole page. Here's how not to do that...") >> >> 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 >> > > > Well, hm. Hard to explain there as an "oldbie" what it was like as a > newbie. I happened to have good interactions based on concerns I had, as > Newyorkbrad went over in a Wikipedia Weekly cast. I only registered an > account because the History of Alaska was messed up and I thought it more > appropriate to have an account to complain :) . I've seen thousands of > editors come and go not only because of initial experience, but just passion > and care. There's no real matrix for it. > ~Keegan > -- > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Keegan > -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Keegan _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l