Hi Gordo

This is one of the issues we've been discussing with the BBC all along...the idea being to focus on in person training events where people get a real sense of how to edit and are far less likely to be reverted. Of course the BBC were quite focused on having a large scale call to action...we're hoping to see most engagement at the in person events and we also have people keeping an eye on the hashtag so that we can spot potentially tricky situations. But you're right, it is a concern.

Lucy



On 8 December 2016 at 09:30, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly@pobox.com> wrote:
On 05/12/16 14:41, Lucy Crompton-Reid wrote:
>
> As I know some of you will already be aware, Wikimedia UK, Women in Red
> and Wikimedia editors and communities around the world are partnering
> with BBC 100 Women to raise awareness of the gender gap on Wikipedia,
> improve coverage of women and encourage women to edit.

Great stuff, but on the BBC News article:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38219838

we find

"How to create a new profile on Wikipedia"

This is really about article creation for new biographic entries. If
this is a living person, then one of the most difficult starting points
for a new editor.

I would think of "new profile" as being a User page.

So, going live with a new article and then facing a rapid deletion
request is hardly constructive. No mention of a sandbox.... for example.
There should be explicit links to extant help, tutorials and other
instruction.

Gordo


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