On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 9:56 PM, carolmooredc@verizon.net wrote:
Maybe a banner every couple hours (or during high traffic times) that say something like: "Hello, visitor! See a spelling or grammar mistake in an article? Feel free to jump in and correct it. Making editing wikipedia a habit!" Or something snappier. And a certain percentage of those will be women who otherwise would not think of editing.
This is an interesting idea, and not one that we've tried out with any regularity. We did a very brief push for new editors immediately after the fundraiser this year, but didn't do much.
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