If you leave off things that have obvious fixes, people tend to fix those, but writing imperfect articles doesn't often attract new content. If I compare my new articles, the ones that tend to get attention are the ones that have been featured on the main page or in some other high-profile visible spot somewhere.
Mgm
On 1/24/07, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
I have noticed that when you create an imperfect article (no stub tag, no categories, or something badly wrong), someone tends to show up and fix it. Often they add something else in the process. But at least you get a tiny bit of feedback.
However, when you create a "perfect" article in one go (referenced, with categories, links and incoming links), you actually get no feedback. No one is drawn there to fix some automatically detected fault. In short, no one even seems to see it.
This strikes me as slightly sad. But then, I haven't had my coffee yet.
Steve
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