[WikiEN-l] Banality threshold

[David Gerard]

On 01/10/2007, Sage Ross <ragesoss+wikipedia at gmail.com> wrote:

> In my experience, the biggest problems with notability deletions (both
> A7 and via proposed deletion) is that so many (mostly new) users feel
> blindsided by them.  The interface doesn't do an adequate job of
> making clear what is expected from a new article (e.g., all
> information is verifiable from reliable published sources, information
> on living people is explicitly referenced, the article explains why
> the topic is significant).
> In the end, I think that is a much bigger problem than the actual loss
> of marginal content that ends up deleted (nearly all of which is
> unreferenced, even if the subject is actually meets notability
> requirements).  That content really shouldn't be in Wikipedia (at
> least in the form that got deleted), but new users are not made aware
> of that ahead of time.  Our standards have changed so much over the
> last year and a half or so that I think we need a much heavier-handed
> interface for guiding new users through the article creation process.


Your task:

1. Write this interface.
2. People don't read. How few words can you put it in? Can you be as
harsh as the new articles page for IPs on Meta?


- d.