--- "Poor, Edmund W" <Edmund.W.Poor(a)abc.com> wrote:
Wouldn't it be better to plant seeds? And water
them? And give them
sunlight and fresh air? (That is, guidance and praise and
encouragement?)
yes, of course.
My response to the Six Month Experiment of having
committees is
that it
takes a lot of the work load off of Jimbo's shoulders and that it
performs a necessary task rather well. But it is not sufficient, in
and
of itself, to provide the nurturing and nourishment needed for
Wikipedia
to grow to full flower.
Agreed.
We need something more, like a Mentoring System.
Also agreed, but it needs to be informal.
People don't need to be admins to be mentors. Also, it needs to be
completely voluntary. Offer help on talk pages, offer help on
personal pages, etc.
I wonder to what extent it sould be possible to allow for system
messages, to be seen by the person the next time they refresh... This
would be more like a slow im, with no history being kept, but rather
an informal communication. This way, next to the anon's IP, there
could be a "send text message" which would appear the next time the
user requested a W page.
Just kicking up dirt as usual.
You know, the occasional "nice work" and "wow, thanks for fixing my
typo" go a long way to encourage people.
=====
Chris Mahan
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