[Foundation-l] Friendliness (was: Missing Wikipedians: An Essay)

[Samuel Klein]

On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 5:26 PM, SlimVirgin <slimvirgin at gmail.com> wrote:

Great examples :-)   Building on them for a moment:

> Just glancing at new articles now, I see (no sources):
>
> [[Quksace agjke]]: "quksace agjke is a term in ancient Chinese.
> quksace means quick and agjke means aggies. Back to 1902, students
> from Texas A&M University visit in China."

Spam script:  "welcome!  the article you recently created, [[Quksace
agjke]], was considered unhelpful, and has been deleted.  Please do
not spam Wikipedia.  Read the following [long detailed policy pages
pages] to learn how to edit, and how to create your new article."

Newbie encourager;  "very funny.  please keep the bad jokes in your
userspace ;)   there are actually a bunch of Aggie articles that need
work [link to category]. you might want to add some [userboxes] to
your page to indicate where you are from.
also: welcome!  [link to a quick newbie's guide]"

> [[Mama Wiggles]]: "Mama Wiggles is a noted showgirl and burlesque
> dancer mostly famous for her turn in the 2005, Saskatoon based
> stage-production of "Moulin Rougue" in which she played the character
> Fat Peggy. She also concurrently holds the record for eating the most
> poutine in one sitting (4,400 servings)."

Spam script;  "An article you created has been nominated for deletion.
 Please go there to discuss it."

Newbie greeter:  "Moulin Rougue!  Look out for the rougue admins, who
are even now deleting poor Mama Wiggles.  If you're from around
Saskatoon, there's a WikiProject for your area [link] and some
requests for articles and images... maybe you can get a photo of
poutine featured on the main apge one day.   Welcome :)"


> [[Todd Marcus]]:  "Edison High School '92-'96 Irvine Strikers '94-'96
> Westmont College '96-'00 Chicago Sockers '99 Southern California
> Seahorses '02-'03 Santa Barbara F.C. '96-'02"

NPP:  "your article had no sources and did not indicate notability.  BALEETED"

Greeter:  "Hi, who is Todd Marcus?  You should list some of his
achievements if you want to write an article about him; or just add
him tothe roster of [[Santa Barbara F.C.]]  (hmm, that article doesn't
exist... is that the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos?)"


> They do have their work cut out. :)

Both greeters and quality-patrollers do :)   Their work doesn't have
to conflict.

S.