--- Stephen Adair SWAdair@computermail.net wrote:
... I think 200 bytes is a reasonable lower limit. Under 200 bytes gets you a message about needing more substance (or some more tactful word) before an article can be created, along with a link to the sandbox for those who want to practice editing.
This sounds like a good idea. Another idea would be to not allow anons to create new articles (editing existing articles would still be allowed). They would get a message after following a red link that invites them to create a user account so that they can create a new page (and list some advantages of being a logged-in editor).
With 300K+ articles I think we should start more concerted efforts to encourage expanding the articles we already have and somewhat de-emphasize the creation of new articles (esp stubs).
There are so many people, most of them well-intentioned, posting unuseable content to the Wikipedia, and so few dedicated regulars trying to clean up after them. We're being deluged with fluff, and we don't have to be. I think a reasonable minimum byte count would reduce the workload of those trying to maintain the Wikipedia, while simultaneously improving the quality of the articles.
What we really need is a way to remove articles checked x number of times by x user type (non-new users or Admins) from RC, newpages and similar special pages. Much duplicated effort occurs as-is, making the problem seem worse than it should be.
-- Daniel Mayer (aka mav)
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