[Foundation-l] Ideas for newbie recruitment

[Béria Lima]

>
> *Seriously, who here, at the first time editing Wikipedia, read the
> policy BEFORE editing a lot?
> *


/me raise her hand! o/

I read all the links in this {{welcome}} template BEFORE edit:
http://pt.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Predefini%C3%A7%C3%A3o:Bem-vindo%28a%29&oldid=6812887(version
in use whe i was a newbie)
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*Béria Lima*
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*Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter
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On 2 November 2011 13:51, Mateus Nobre <mateus.nobre em live.co.uk> wrote:

> The learning of the new editors have to be more instinctive and less
> bureaucratic. Seriously, who here, at the first time editing Wikipedia,
> read
> the policy BEFORE editing a lot? None. Everyone just reads the rules a long
> time after the beggining of Wikipedian life.
>
> I think a system like used in Commons too, but now about editing Wikipedia.
> Could be used for IPs and accounts with less than 100 editions, for
> example,
> and concealable, of course.
> A system whick teach to newbies about the syntax  ( that's the most
> complicated thin to teach newbies: [[ ]], {{ }} and of course,
> <Ref>{{cite web |url= |title= |author= |date= |work= |publisher=
> |accessdate= }}</ref>)
>
> It has to be discussed. It would be a important system, essential nowadays.
>
>
> -----Mensagem Original-----
> From: Marco Chiesa
> Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 6:02 AM
> To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Ideas for newbie recruitment
>
> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 12:43 AM, Béria Lima <berialima em gmail.com> wrote:
> > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cite4wiki/ (in wiki:
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cite4Wiki )
> >
> > right click and paste in the article. Easier than that can't be ;)
>
> There are a lot of tools available to make the life of a Wiki editor
> simple. The problem is that by the time you come into them, you have
> already learned how to do things, where to find templates. I think we
> need to develop a kind of wizard similar to the one used in Commons.
> For example something like:
> *What is the article about? with specific instructions for some of the
> commonest categories (biographies, films, geographic places
> *Write the text
> *Wikify it
> *Add references. Is it a book? A website? The templates are
> straightforward to fill but difficult to find
> *Preview and proofread
> *Save it
>
> Cruccone
>
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