On 3 November 2011 09:45, Béria Lima berialima@gmail.com wrote:
Well, no newbie will wake up and say: "I want to place references in Wikipedia articles today" - they do because one of us asked them to do. And all (maybe not all but most of) us know the software, and don't cost more of our time ask them to use it. In fact a message explaining how to use the software is far more simple than one explaining how to insert the {{cite web}} template (and I know because I already send both to newbies).
Wikipedia should be a more or less complete web application. Suggesting people who've never edited before download software first strikes me as an effective way to reduce the new user pool drastically.
- d.