[WikiEN-l] The downside of creating perfect articles

dmehkeri at swi.com dmehkeri at swi.com
Wed Jan 24 23:30:14 UTC 2007


> 
> 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
> 

Always Leave Something Undone used to be a Rule To Consider, didn't it.

Dan





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