On 22 December 2010 07:27, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 22 December 2010 00:17, Carcharoth carcharothwp@googlemail.com wrote:
Actually, I often see things that need fixing, but I'm in "look up" mode and using Wikipedia as a starting point for finding some information I'm after, and often don't have the time to even make a note to come back to the article later. If I see things that need fixing when I'm in "Wikipedian" mode, I do fix things then (but even then, there is a trade-off between temp fix now, or detailed fix that will take more time). It comes back to that trade-off in time spent doing other things.
Hm. I often hit "edit" on a section just to fix a typo I've spotted in passing. Resisting the time-sucking qualities is, of course, a problem. But when I'm reading other wikis I'll also happily hit edit to fix a typo (if they allow IP editing).
- d.
I do think there are fewer opportunities for such "easy" edits on Wikipedia now. Typos seem to be far less common thanks to semi-automated tools such as AWB, and most articles are generally more mature. Plus the wikicode of articles grows ever more intimidating.
Has anyone analysed if the number of new contributors has risen since the Usability Project improvements? Obviously that was one of the major aims.
Pete / the wub