Article creation wizard

Do you think it would help if for templates and infoboxes we could have a help link in edit mode - something that's like "What's this?" and newbies can click on that and get an explanation? I think one of the hardest things about templates and other magic is that it's non-obvious what they do and how they work. If people could easily access an explanation of any template, that could help. Contextual help, in other words.

Netmouse22:43, 26 November 2009

Still too confusing :) Anything with complex syntax should be hidden (see en wiki, Template:Hidden), i.e. minimized with an option to expand (and de-expand) as a default setting. Editors should see full syntax only upon request (and could of course make it a default view mode via preferences). But we should not scare n00bies with complex syntax on their first edits.

Piotrus05:25, 30 November 2009