I am totally open for the concept (although I wouldn't like to be the one answering everything!). Just a minor suggestion: lets pick something that is easier to spell ;) We Dutchies might be used to complicated French spelling, but I'm afraid not everyone is as lucky to have been tortured with that language in high school :) (no offence!) Also a castle gives me mostly the feeling of something you're trying to defend from outsiders. But the name is not the important issue of course, and I'm happy to let us give the concept a shot.
Best, Lodewijk
2012/8/21 Platonides platonides@gmail.com
On 21/08/12 22:21, Maarten Dammers wrote:
Hi everyone,
Wiki Loves Monuments will (hopefully/probably) attract a lot of new users to Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons is a very nice project, but it can be very scary and hostile for new users. On the English Wikipedia they have a new project called the Teahouse (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Teahouse). This is a friendly place to (peer) support new users created because the English Wikipedia deals we the challenge as we do.
What do you guys think of setting up a similar place as the Teahouse at Commons for the months September and October to help welcome and keep our new community members? I made up the name "Château" because that sounds friendlier that "castle" and makes me think of a historic building. This is all open for discussion, but I'm especially interested if people like the concept and would be willing to help out on this.
Maarten
That looks like a nice concept!
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