> Oic, you can create your own account on the labs site.
>
> My thoughts:
>
> - The choices "use the article wizard", "create a draft", "create this
> article myself" are a bit confusing. Especially the first two - that's
> a really unusual distinction that doesn't make much sense to me. I'd
> expect the choices to be between "I'm a newbie" and "I'm experienced".
> - The "create a draft" option seems to just dump you in your sandbox.
> I think you need to add a lot of support to make that a useful thing
> to do (like telling them how to get from "first draft" to "published"
> - if there is such a mechanism).
>
> Here's an alternative mechanism:
>
> There are two choices:
> 1) "Help me create an article"
> 2) "Expert mode"
>
> Option 1 takes you to the article wizard (whatever that is...)
> Option 2 takes you to the "create a draft" (ie sandbox) editor. After
> you save, there's a button to request assistance in publishing it.
> That also provides information on how to activate the secret Option 3,
> which skips the sandbox altogether for future article creation.
> (Probably a preference somewhere...)
>
> Steve
>
>
> Great ideas all :). I agree there needs to be more of a distinction in
language, and an absence of support for drafts is something I noticed too.
I'm going to email round all the comments to the staffers working on it
come Monday morning PST, so keep em coming!
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Oliver Keyes
Community Liaison, Product Development
Wikimedia Foundation