[Foundation-l] Usability grant

[Finn Rindahl]

That link should be http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_wizard I
presume

Finn R.

2008/12/3 Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell at gmail.com>

> On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 2:02 AM, Michael Snow <wikipedia at verizon.net>
> wrote:
> [snip]
> > improve the MediaWiki software and the experience for new contributors.
> > Not that this is a direct result of recent discussions here, plenty of
> > people have mentioned the issue before, including Delphine as Ting
> [snip]
>
> Sadly most of the discussions on these lists run on without mention of
> the efforts that have come before, in this case see:
> http://en.wikipedia.or/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_wizard
>
> When people discuss enhancements it seems that it is taboo to discuss
> the question of what happens when the communities reject these
> efforts.
>
> Too often we blame technical issues as limiting factors for usability
> when with a little creativity a 90% solution is available without
> waiting for inflexible technical solutions which never seem to come.
> Unfortunately, interest, project politics, and other social factors
> are ready to stand in the way of progress even when there are no
> technical roadblocks at all.
>
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