Improving the newcomer experience
Fragment of a discussion from Talk:March 2011 Update
I agree, the first step in improving the newcomer experience should be to drop the use of the word newbie.
But beware the euphemism treadmill. Whatever temporarily sanitized label we invent for newbies, it will in turn take on exactly the same connotations eventually, and we will have to invent a new sanitized label, and so on.