[WikiEN-l] Time for preformatted empty articles?

[charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com]

"David Gerard" wrote

> Yeah. The nice thing about a preload template is that it can guide new
> editors without being a straightjacket on experienced ones - it's just
> text in the edit box, after all.

I've always felt the empty edit box was a big plus. I would almost prefer a 'required field' for Sources with prompts for a new page. 

Plus it would slow down making redirects to cut boilerplate text. I do a lot of redirects ... I do mean thousands.

Charles

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