With respect to welcoming and assisting new users on
the English
Wikipedia where there is a bewildering volume of varied activity by new
and experienced users it might be helpful if we had a recent changes
options that showed only edit by new editors with less than say 100 edits
that could be monitored. Newbie helpers could then welcome, comment,
compliment, or otherwise assist the new user. Obviously access to such a
recent changes option by those looking for trouble could also be used in
ways that would discourage the new user. Perhaps access could be limited
to only flagged newbie helpers.
Technically, you could get very close by just creating a separate wiki for new
users and new articles. (replacing the current AFC process).
Simplest thing that could possibly work. + we have a precedent
(nupedia->wikipedia)
sincerely,
Kim Bruning