On 5/21/06, Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia.com wrote:
Yeah, I am liking this idea. Essentially the idea here it to move the notification from the page where you read to the page where you have attempted to edit but can't. In this way, when someone tries to edit, they get a friendly explanation of how to join the community. But if they are just trying to read, they don't have to see a notice that is probably fairly useless and bewildering to them.
It's even more confusing now that I see there's a phrase about "or to stop banned editors from editing". Is this such a common situation that it's worth mentioning? People there to read about GWB really don't need to know about the effect that a few recidivist prats occasionally have on our community...
Steve