Attracting new editors

I like this idea immensely, but second the concern as well.

If we're trying to get 1st time newcomers the main thing is to get them to make edits that are likely to stick and not be reverted or deleted or get warnings. For example, original research tends to be removed but accurate information with poor balance tends to be fixed and improved upon by others.

What's missing is interfacing that catches newcomers and guides them to a quick (user friendly) summary of what we look for in an article - "encyclopedicity" (a kind of topic that should exist), notability (evidence the world takes notice), at least one source, and no original research or promotion, should stand a good chance of covering it.

Also biographical articles have especially high standards and start with something else if not sure. We may want to exclude BLP stubs and stubs in certain controversial areas where it's hard to edit well without experience.

FT2 (Talk | email)16:36, 24 July 2010