[WikiEN-l] Positives to publicity

[Emily Monroe]

> They seem to think that they are applying for "staff".

Maybe we need to make it more obvious that there's no "staff" at  
Wikipedia, at least for the time being.

Emily
On Aug 28, 2009, at 2:49 AM, Keegan Paul wrote:

> ...and they are continuing to roll in.  Any more firm ideas?  They  
> seem to
> think that they are applying for "staff".  I haven't the time to  
> read all
> reporting, feedback would be great.
>
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 11:19 PM, Keegan Paul <kgnpaul at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> Correction, it was a blog.  I just don't remember where.  If'n  
>> anyone else
>> does, please post.  It was a good read.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 10:56 PM, Keegan Paul <kgnpaul at gmail.com>  
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>> It would be interesting if someone did a study on initial  
>>>> interactions
>>>> between newcomers and oldbies to see if anything can be improved.  
>>>> But
>>>> IMHO the best way to avoid newbies getting "bitten" is to help them
>>>> avoiding newbie mistakes in the first place - a good interface, the
>>>> right help and a few safety checks would go a long way. ("Whoa  
>>>> there
>>>> newbie, you just wiped the whole page. Here's how not to do  
>>>> that...")
>>>>
>>>> Steve
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>>>
>>> Well, hm.  Hard to explain there as an "oldbie" what it was like  
>>> as a
>>> newbie.  I happened to have good interactions based on concerns I  
>>> had, as
>>> Newyorkbrad went over in a Wikipedia Weekly cast.  I only  
>>> registered an
>>> account because the History of Alaska was messed up and I thought  
>>> it more
>>> appropriate to have an account to complain :) . I've seen  
>>> thousands of
>>> editors come and go not only because of initial experience, but  
>>> just passion
>>> and care.  There's no real matrix for it.
>>> ~Keegan
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>>>
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