[WikiEN-l] Newbies "stumbling" across VfD

[Kat Walsh]

On 8/1/05, Daniel P. B. Smith <dpbsmith at verizon.net> wrote:
> > But we aren't, and I suspect more than one person was incredibly
> > confused. Think of all the pages that link to VfD, and how many
> > newbies stumble across it; all the policies that mention it.
> 
> I don't know about that.
> 
> I suspect that very FEW newbies stumble across it. I am trying to
> remember how long I was editing Wikipedia before I ran into VfD or
> even knew that pages got deleted. I believe it was several months.

Really? I found it within days -- and, no, nothing I've written has
been listed!  (Not even my composercruft -- but now I'll be quiet
before someone goes  through my contribs with a fine-tooth comb. ;-))
My first VfD edit is from 6 days after registering -- no, not voting,
but listing a page. Curiosity corrupted the Kat, I guess; I wonder how
anyone can *not* stumble across it.

> The self-promoters, the original researches, and the POV warriors
> "stumble" across VfD. Good-faith contributors with even a faint idea
> of what an "encyclopedia" can retain their innocence for quite a while.

No doubt. But I suspect a lot of the newbies who *are* good-faith
contributors don't make their newbiedom known...

(No comments from the peanut gallery about how I lost my innocence
early, thank you!)

-Kat

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