On 10/3/06, Jake Waskett jake@waskett.org wrote:
On Tue, 2006-10-03 at 14:39 +0100, David Gerard wrote:
On 03/10/06, Jake Waskett jake@waskett.org wrote:
Hmm. Hadn't thought of that approach. I have to say that I prefer {{not verified}}, because - to my mind -
the
emphasis is that it hasn't *yet* been verified by another, whereas the alternative strikes me as more critical. If I was a new user and had just contributed an article, the former would likely encourage me to continue, while the latter might make me disillusioned.
{{not verified}} if it's under a few days old, {{unreferenced}} if it's
over.
Combined with your preloaded template, that could work very nicely.
Perhaps have a single template {{not verified|date}} where the date determines the message to be displayed. For example, if it's under five days, have "This is a new article which has not yet been verified for factual accuracy. Please add references to verify the information in this article." If it goes past that, go to the standard "this article does not cite sources" template. Possibly a transclusion of a transclusion, but the difference in the root template could help nip some of this in the bud.
Carl