On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Pavlo Shevelo<pavlo.shevelo(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Let me illustrate by example:
I started to invest good portion of my time into comforting 11 (!)
years old boy despite the fact that his usage of "be bold" rule to
several most popular templates was like hurricane that not each vandal
may create :)
17 is probably interested more in music than in
nuclear physics, but
just in two years she or he may be a valuable contributor in that
scientific field.
Let's be realistic (though not cynical ;) ):
1. Far not in two years - not less than in 10 years. Will we be
satisfied by popmusics/games-pedia until than +2-3 years (to create
articles);
2. She or he may and may not became contributor in some scientific
field. If she/he will see work of elders (in best - eventually pass
the aprenticeship under control of master) during all these years it
will increase both that probability to became and quality of future
contribution.
I have quite opposite experiences. One of them had become Wikimedian
with 16-17 and two years later became a steward (by passing elections
with ~95% of support).