Attracting new editors

There have been a number of such suggestions before...but none ever seem to go through. See Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Banners_and_buttons/archive.

Hey, thanks for that... I couldn't seem to find any discussions on the topic though. I'm curious to know what holds people back from promoting the fact that anyone can edit.

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)