On 22 December 2010 00:17, Carcharoth
<carcharothwp(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
Actually, I often see things that need fixing,
but I'm in "look up"
mode and using Wikipedia as a starting point for finding some
information I'm after, and often don't have the time to even make a
note to come back to the article later. If I see things that need
fixing when I'm in "Wikipedian" mode, I do fix things then (but even
then, there is a trade-off between temp fix now, or detailed fix that
will take more time). It comes back to that trade-off in time spent
doing other things.
Hm. I often hit "edit" on a section just to fix a typo I've spotted in
passing. Resisting the time-sucking qualities is, of course, a problem. But
when I'm reading other wikis I'll also happily hit edit to fix a typo (if
they allow IP editing).
- d.
I do think there are fewer opportunities for such "easy" edits on
Wikipedia now. Typos seem to be far less common thanks to
semi-automated tools such as AWB, and most articles are generally more
mature. Plus the wikicode of articles grows ever more intimidating.
Has anyone analysed if the number of new contributors has risen since
the Usability Project improvements? Obviously that was one of the
major aims.
Pete / the wub