The AFC template is great. As far as IP users go, it's a surefire way to tell if they're serious about making an article, not serious, or just confused.
Ryan
On 11/29/06, MacGyverMagic/Mgm macgyvermagic@gmail.com wrote:
We should probably still kill a lot of unsourced edits. Such a preload template is already in use at AFC and it is routinely ignored, but better to try and convince some people to follow it. It didn't solve the problem, but it cut back on problem cases slightly.
Mgm
On 11/30/06, Ryan Wetherell renardius@gmail.com wrote:
This would need at least some more planning that what Wikinews offers, since the range of article types is vastly different on Wikipedia. But not at all a bad idea if it can be done well.
Ryan
On 11/29/06, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
Rather than going on a campaign to kill all new articles without sufficient sourcing, would it be time to introduce article prefilling, using the <inputbox> extension?
For an example, go to en.wikinews.org, type something into the "Start a new article" box and hit "Create article". This example is created using the wikitext:
<inputbox> type=create preload=Template:New_page editintro=Template:New_article_intro width=25 bgcolor=#f0f0ff </inputbox>
Presumably we'd need this switched on for en:wp if it isn't already.
- d.