On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Pavlo Shevelopavlo.shevelo@gmail.com wrote:
Let me illustrate by example: I started to invest good portion of my time into comforting 11 (!) years old boy despite the fact that his usage of "be bold" rule to several most popular templates was like hurricane that not each vandal may create :)
17 is probably interested more in music than in nuclear physics, but just in two years she or he may be a valuable contributor in that scientific field.
Let's be realistic (though not cynical ;) ):
- Far not in two years - not less than in 10 years. Will we be
satisfied by popmusics/games-pedia until than +2-3 years (to create articles); 2. She or he may and may not became contributor in some scientific field. If she/he will see work of elders (in best - eventually pass the aprenticeship under control of master) during all these years it will increase both that probability to became and quality of future contribution.
I have quite opposite experiences. One of them had become Wikimedian with 16-17 and two years later became a steward (by passing elections with ~95% of support).