On 1/23/07, Mets501 mets501wiki@gmail.com wrote:
Would anyone object to preloading a references section in every new article? For example, when a user searches for a topic and clicks the big "Create this article" link, the user will be shown a page like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Testing...testing...testing http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Testing...testing...testing&actio n=edit&preload=Template:Article+starter &action=edit&preload=Template:Article+starter.
The text of this template is at [[Template:Article starter]].
--Mets501
I'd much prefer it if we didn't do this, it seems kinda....I don't know....assholeish. You know, shoving things down peoples throats. It has an element of WP:BITE in it, I think. Also, I think it will be fairly ineffective (people will simply ignore it, or be confused since the comment tag is fairly obscure for the average user), and it will mess with the "purity" of the edit box (not much of an argument, but still ;)
Why not simply include it in the text that's above the edit box more prominently? Like, bold it and make it 2 points bigger than the rest.
--Oskar