[WikiEN-l] The downside of creating perfect articles

[MacGyverMagic/Mgm]

If you leave off things that have obvious fixes, people tend to fix those,
but writing imperfect articles doesn't often attract new content. If I
compare my new articles, the ones that tend to get attention are the ones
that have been featured on the main page or in some other high-profile
visible spot somewhere.

Mgm


On 1/24/07, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have noticed that when you create an imperfect article (no stub tag,
> no categories, or something badly wrong), someone tends to show up and
> fix it. Often they add something else in the process. But at least you
> get a tiny bit of feedback.
>
> However, when you create a "perfect" article in one go (referenced,
> with categories, links and incoming links), you actually get no
> feedback. No one is drawn there to fix some automatically detected
> fault. In short, no one even seems to see it.
>
> This strikes me as slightly sad. But then, I haven't had my coffee yet.
>
> Steve
>
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