On 01/29/04 19:28, Daniel Ehrenberg wrote:
From: daniwo59@aol.com
It hardly delayed the expansion of Wikipedia. On the other hand, I do think a place or list for people to ask questions of this kind is a good idea. In fact, it would be helpful to us in finding out where we should focus some of our energies to fill in incomplete articles. We could link to it from the Main Page.
Isn't that what Wikibooks's completely neglected [[Study help desk]] was supposed to be for?
As the Usenet 2 FAQ points out, naming is everything.
A link from the main page might be good. "Got a question and the answer isn't [http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awikipedia.org here]? Ask at the Wikipedia [[Wikipedia:reference desk]]!"
The problem would be the bottom 1% of respondents: the people with an overwhelming sense of entitlement. "You didn't answer my question. You suck."
- d.