On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 9:56 PM, <carolmooredc(a)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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Philippe Beaudette
Head of Reader Relations
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
philippe(a)wikimedia.org