I love the idea! It makes newcomers immediately feel welcomed and valuable for the community. Also it helps us to listen to them. I really hope that maybe we could start something similar on Polish Wikipedia.
Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska 2016-01-21 0:12 GMT+01:00 Risker <risker...@gmail.com>: > On 20 January 2016 at 17:51, Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> > wrote: > > > On 20 January 2016 at 20:56, Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > > > It is an excellent and popular way to *celebrate* (not just describe) > > > good-faith new contributors. The way it works is a couple of > volunteers > > > who run the page look for a relatively new contributor who seems to > have > > > successfully integrated on-wiki, and has made more than a handful of > good > > > contributions, and they approach the new contributor with a request for > > an > > > interview and a description of this page. > > > > Sounds great. If en.WP do this as part of The Signpost, it would have > > a high level of reach, immediately. Same with Wikidata's weekly > > update. > > > > > > Heh. I think back to when I first started editing. I would have been > completely freaked out at that level of "notice" and would never have > edited again. > > Risker/Anne > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
