Attracting new editors

I think a better link would be Wikipedia:Template:Wikipedia_ads.

I don't know what's holding people back...during some previous discussions (buried at the village pump), some admins expressed concern it would attract excessive vandalism.

It seems like an experiment worth trying. In fact, part of the banner could be to track the amount of vandalism, and measure if the promotion does more good than harm.

No data on this, but my gut reaction is that the people likely to want to vandalize already know they can edit, or will find out for themselves. In MY personal experience, the people who don't realize the open nature of wikipedia are older (40+) professionals. Wickedjacob 02:35, 6 May 2010 (UTC)