[WikiEN-l] Edit Wikipedia Week is coming. How not to bite the n00bs?

[Mark Wagner]

On 11/6/07, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 6, 2007 2:59 PM, Monahon, Peter B. <Peter.Monahon at uspto.gov> wrote:
> > > Earlier: there is a big difference between "a necessarily imperfect
> > work in progress" and
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_S._Patton&curid=42090&d
> > iff=169628093&oldid=169618698  (first diff on English WP RC when I
> > loaded it) ... At least this instance of vandalism is probably not going
> > to [do?] material harm to anyone..."
> >
> > So, we agree about dispensing with spam and vandalism and off topic
> > contributions.  Now that we have that out of the way, perhaps we can
> > agree to leave such irrelevant straw-men out of conversations about ...
> > biting newbies.
>
> That would be much easier if people would stop armwaving and SHOW SOME EXAMPLES.
>
> Come on. If this newbie biting is so rampant, just provide some
> examples... and then we can talk about those.
>