[WikiEN-l] Re: A specific welcoming page for the Dartmouth class?

[Daniel P. B. Smith]

> Assuming good faith, all these Dartmouth students will want to write a
> _useful_ article for their course credit. So, let's help them do so.
>
> Would it be worth putting together a quick welcoming page, targeted at
> these students (and anyone else coming along later on the same sort of
> project, since there will be more), which points out resources like
> [[Wikipedia:Requested articles]], [[Wikipedia:Requested article
> translations]] (hey, *I'd* offer bonus credit for a translation),
> [[Wikipedia:Most wanted articles]] &c, with some notes on the kind of
> thing we'd really like and the kind of thing we'd discourage?
>
> This'd also serve as an opportunity to make links like the Help Desk
> clear, mention the talk pages of some users willing to assist, &c
> &c... thoughts?
>
> -- 
> - Andrew Gray
>   andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk

I think that is a most bodaciously doubleplusgood idea.

Particularly the idea of being positive and suggesting
things we WANT.

As this is the last day of my vacation I will have less
time to work on Wikipedia so maybe you could...
take the initiative on this? I'd be glad to help out,
and by all means put me on the list of users willing to assist
(my Wikipedia username is, you'll never guess this, dpbsmith).


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