David Gerard wrote:
2008/12/5 Nathan <nawrich(a)gmail.com>om>:
This [1] is the sort of thing I'm thinking
about. David, has this been
proposed, discussed, modeled and rejected in the past? (It seems like it
must have, for something that is pretty common around the web).
[1]:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Add_an_article_-_basic.JPG
Not that I know of. A preloaded text box would do much the same job, I
expect. Note how I don't say anything about format of references, etc
- just enter the content.
The article wizard on en.wp that Greg linked a while ago (which has been
in a state of under-construction-ness for some time now) and a version
of which the Slovenian Wikipedia uses does this. It doesn't force people
to use the wizard (the Slovenian one just suggests people use it, an
en.wp version would likely do the same) but it does give the option.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?action=edit&preload=Wikipedia%3AArticle+wizard%2Fcompany%2Fpreload&editintro=Wikipedia%3AArticle+wizard%2Fcompany%2Fintro&title=Test1234>
is an example of the enwiki one, the Slovenian one is
<http://sl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?action=edit&preload=Wikipedija%3ANapi%C5%A1i+%C4%8Dlanek%2Fpodjetje%2Fpreload&editintro=Wikipedija%3ANapi%C5%A1i_%C4%8Dlanek%2Feditintro&title=Test1234>
- it even provides example article text.
Unfortunately, getting community consensus for any
change whatsoever
on en:wp is all but impossible these days. Happenstance conditions are
treated as rock-solid intention.
As long as its optional, people probably won't mind that much.
--
Alex (wikipedia:en:User:Mr.Z-man)