[Foundation-l] How do we approach newcomers (Was: Analysis of statistics)

[Ziko van Dijk]

Dear John,
Sorry if I did not follow that entire conversation, but I would like
to support the idea that we need more communication with IP and new
users.
I am not peticular happy with the notion "stable version", which comes
from software development and should stay there. What you have
described is certainly not happening on de.WP or eo.WP (where I know
"Flagged Revisions" from). Flagged revisions simply means that edits
from new people are not immediately visible to the general public,
that's all.
Kind regards
Ziko

2009/7/25 John at Darkstar <vacuum at jeb.no>:
> One thing I like with the stable versions is that it is possible to keep
> one version stable while discussions about a future version goes on.
> This makes it possible to have a discussion with the contributors about
> how to solve a problem without reverting them, and to let them

> A third thing we should do is to make something like the chat feature in
> Facebook, but instead of organizing it around users communicating with
> other users we should organize them as chatrooms about the articles.
> This chatroom could give more specific information about the reminder
> and also let the user speak to the admin who posted the reminder.
>
> Instead of an admin yelling to a newcomer in big letter after an edit
> conflict the user gets a reminder and an option to talk to the admin.
> This opens dialog and understanding. Add in the stable versions and we
> get a lot more flexibility and an environment that supports education of








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Ziko van Dijk
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