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