[Foundation-l] [WikiEN-l] Newbie recruitment: referencing

[Fae]

On 3 November 2011 12:27, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:

> Backlogs as a concern translate directly to "newbies are inherently a
> problem."
>
>
I don't get the point being made here, I would have thought that backlogs
are a good way to attract new editors into teamworking and community. <
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/DER> and <
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Unreferenced_BLP_Rescue> are
examples that attracted many new editors

Cheers,
Fae