I usually suggest to new-comers that they first spend some time
improving and updating articles in their field of interest to get
familiar with both editing mechanics and wikipedia culture. After
that, they are ready to write new articles. the two are compatible;
some users will always be interested more in one than the other.
David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Charles Matthews
<charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com> wrote:
Apoc 2400 wrote:
I
personally think we are at the stage where we should be spending time
improving what we have, rather than creating more work. We aren't low on
articles.
--Majorly
I find this view strange, and if it is a common opinion among experienced
Wikipedians, then that makes me very worried about the state of the
community.
Reading it as "spending [some] time improving what we have, rather than
[just] creating more work [in terms of contributions that are at the
lowest standard acceptable on the site]" it must be a not uncommon view.
Reading as " [exclusively] spending time improving what we have, rather
than creating more work [by filling in gaps]" it becomes a more extreme
statement of upgrading rather than finishing the encyclopedia; which
may be closer to the intended comment on worrying or not about redlink
lists.
Charles
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