Julie Hofmann Kemp wrote:
(partially because I seem to have offended some delicate programmer sensibilities by saying that they were acting exactly like programmers -- good at what they do, but less interested in making it clear to the user through documentation).
Oh, I'm not offended by that -- it's accurate. :-)
Whether or not people want to hear it, the new site is not all that user-friendly as far as explaining subpages and namespaces goes (or how to report bugs, for that matter -- why isn't there a bug report link?). People are still trying to create /Talk pages and /whatever subpages. All we need is a carefully placed announcement or two -- I suggest adding a special page (changes to the system) and links on the home page, on how to edit a page, and on recent changes. I know that Lars added some stuff on namespaces under the article, but what is needed is a primer -- something that says...where one did x in the old version, please do y in the new. I'd do this myself, but am pretty sure I can't create a special page (guessing it's an admin thing) and I'm still not clear on it. It appears that, instead of subpages, we should be creating link pages (maybe) and that each page is generated with an associated talk page.
I think this is a great idea. In fact, I think that we should link to a "changes to the system" page directly from the edit page. "Need help with the new system? Click here for a few short tips."
--Jimbo