On Apr 10, 2007, at 7:30 AM, Steve Bennett wrote:
Which isn't to say that we couldn't operate different rules for newbies than for established users. But I don't see how we can suddenly start telling newbies that unsourced articles are ok, even if it's only "sometimes ok".
Because we shouldn't treat newbies like they're idiots who can't understand how we do things. How about "Sourcing articles is important. It's not always the first priority, but it's an issue."
Or, better yet, how about we don't treat "newbies" as a homogenous class. I read some policy pages and found myself on RFA discussing someone's nomination within a day or two of getting to Wikipedia. This was, admittedly, before the Great Process Explosion, and it may well be that it's impossible for a newbie to get up to speed on the basics now because we've eliminated basics. But that's neither here nor there - newbie is not a homogenous class any more than "article" is. How we deal with a given one and what we tell a given one should not be determined before we've looked at the specific situation.
-Phil