On Tue, 2006-10-03 at 14:39 +0100, David Gerard wrote:
On 03/10/06, Jake Waskett
<jake(a)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