[WikiEN-l] We don't need editors' guides, we need better ways to find things

Daniel P. B. Smith wikipedia2006 at dpbsmith.com
Sat Mar 25 15:45:11 UTC 2006


> Subject: [WikiEN-l] Editor's guides
> Is there such a thing as editors' guides to specific areas?
>
> For example, the Trinidad and Tobago article attracts people all  
> the time
> who add "new" information which is already contained in some  
> subarticle.
> They don't expect the level of depth of Trinidad and Tobago  
> articles that
> exist, so they just add something that's "missing", probably  
> unaware of what
> exists.

I think there's a better way to frame the problem. The problem is  
when people look for information in the way they expect to look for  
it, under the heading where they expect to find it, they aren't  
finding it.







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