[Foundation-l] [WikiEN-l] Newbie recruitment: referencing

[Ray Saintonge]

On 11/03/11 6:27 AM, Fae wrote:
> On 3 November 2011 12:27, David Gerard<dgerard at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Backlogs as a concern translate directly to "newbies are inherently a
>> problem."
> I don't get the point being made here, I would have thought that backlogs
> are a good way to attract new editors into teamworking and community.<
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/DER>  and<
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Unreferenced_BLP_Rescue>  are
> examples that attracted many new editors
>
Backlogs can go both ways. They can be a rich source of things to do if 
you're looking for something to do, but today's newbies are not the 
cause of the backlogs; they should not be be somehow held responsible 
for templates they didn't put on articles.

Ray