[Foundation-l] [WikiEN-l] Newbie recruitment: referencing
Ray Saintonge
saintonge at telus.net
Fri Nov 4 08:08:00 UTC 2011
On 11/03/11 5:32 AM, Tom Morris wrote:
> On Thursday, November 3, 2011, David Gerard<dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I suggest that backlogs don't matter nearly as much as involvement and
>> drawing new people in.
>>
>> Backlogs as a concern translate directly to "newbies are inherently a
> problem."
>
>
> I'd disagree. Newbie treatment is important, but having quarter of a
> million articles without a single reference is also important given WP:V.
>
It's also valuable to avoid giving undue weight to WP:V.
Ray
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