They seem to think that they are applying for
"staff".
Maybe we need to make it more obvious that there's no "staff" at
Wikipedia, at least for the time being.
Emily
On Aug 28, 2009, at 2:49 AM, Keegan Paul wrote:
...and they are continuing to roll in. Any more firm
ideas? They
seem to
think that they are applying for "staff". I haven't the time to
read all
reporting, feedback would be great.
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 11:19 PM, Keegan Paul <kgnpaul(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Correction, it was a blog. I just don't
remember where. If'n
anyone else
does, please post. It was a good read.
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 10:56 PM, Keegan Paul <kgnpaul(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
It would be interesting if someone did a study on
initial
interactions
between newcomers and oldbies to see if anything can be improved.
But
IMHO the best way to avoid newbies getting "bitten" is to help them
avoiding newbie mistakes in the first place - a good interface, the
right help and a few safety checks would go a long way. ("Whoa
there
newbie, you just wiped the whole page. Here's how not to do
that...")
Steve
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Well, hm. Hard to explain there as an "oldbie" what it was like
as a
newbie. I happened to have good interactions based on concerns I
had, as
Newyorkbrad went over in a Wikipedia Weekly cast. I only
registered an
account because the History of Alaska was messed up and I thought
it more
appropriate to have an account to complain :) . I've seen
thousands of
editors come and go not only because of initial experience, but
just passion
and care. There's no real matrix for it.
~Keegan
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