On Wed, 2005-02-11 at 20:13 -0700, Mark Williamson wrote:
Don't think that would happen at Wikipedia. You could certainly try it at Wikitravel, though... perhaps it would be better-accepted if it only popped up for every 3rd bailout? (not per person, but total).
My guess was about once in every 10 bailouts, and only ask the same IP address once, and only ask if the user's never had a successful saved edit.
I think it would make a good academic paper for someone -- analyzing barriers to entry for first-time Wiki contributors. It'd be interesting to compare across large vs. small wikis, different wiki engines, different kinds of edits (red link vs. edit tab). A clever grad student could probably get some money from e.g. SocialText or JotSpot to sponsor the research.
Anywho. Might be something I pick up in my plentiful spare time.
~ESP