On 1/23/07, Mets501 <mets501wiki(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
It already is included in the text above the edit
box, but it's not enough.
New users don't know how to add references, and therefore just ignore the
whole thing.
Which is another good point, this wont help any new users add
references. If they're not smart enough to see the big notice above
the edit-box, then they're probably not wiki-savvy enough to know what
the hell "==References==" or "<!-- --&mt;" means.
Still, my main argument still stands. It's condescending and rude, and
that's not how we should treat our new users, let alone our
experienced ones who are going to have to see that damn notice every
damn time they start an article. I just think that that is not the way
we should be treating new users.
I know I would never have joined if I had been greeted by a bunch of
reference-fanatic dudes who didn't have any patience with people who
didn't quite get how wikipedia works.
Absolutely. But the rule-mongers that like this sort of thing. Any
kind of sensible human relations have to take second place to this kind
of petty imposed order.
Perhaps it should be made clear to the newbies that since form is more
important than substance it does not matter whether the reference has
anything to do with what they are writing.
Ec