On 8/23/06, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
Follow De's lead and retire the text that says 'anyone can edit' in favor of 'Good writers always welcome'?
OH YES PLEASE.
Is it time? Maybe. "Anyone can edit" is really starting to carry a stigma with it. Instead of the intended meaning of "You can help" it's being interpreted as "Idiots are editing".
I would prefer a bit more thought before plunging into "Good writers always welcome" though. Two major flaws for me are that we don't need "good writers" - people adding references, copyediting, updating figures, etc are not "writers" as such; also, even Stephen King is not welcome if he doesn't work within NPOV, WP:V and WP:NOR...
I'm not a great sloganist, but something more like "Everyone can help" or "Contribute today" etc would be truer.
Steve