[WikiEN-l] Positives to publicity

[Emily Monroe]

> Do we have a welcome mat rolled out and some magic pixie dust to  
> tell people to please not be BITE-y?

*pixie dust pixie dust* ;-D

> We don't want a large influx of editors arriving to help after  
> reading about things in the news, only to run into someone  
> unfriendly or rules-bound.

I agree. Maybe have a Signpost-like note to everyone subscribed to  
Signpost? Maybe have that actually in the Signpost? Something like  
"Editors note: There's an influx of newbies, so please be patient".  
How will that work?

Emily
On Aug 26, 2009, at 7:53 PM, Carcharoth wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 1:33 AM,  
> kgnpaul at gmail.com<kgnpaul at gmail.com> wrote:
>> For what it's worth, we are getting a good amout of email asking  
>> about how to help the project because of the BBC and NYT.  Here's  
>> to that.
>
> Do we have a welcome mat rolled out and some magic pixie dust to tell
> people to please not be BITE-y? No, seriously. We don't want a large
> influx of editors arriving to help after reading about things in the
> news, only to run into someone unfriendly or rules-bound.
>
> Carcharoth
>
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