[WikiEN-l] How friendly are we to Newbies? Update on the create an article as a newbie challenge

[David Goodman]

It's not hard to do. Mention the unspectacular factor that claims
notability in an obscure position in the middle without any details,
add some foolish spam about how good they are & how they will change
the world,  include an email address to contact for more information,
and omit references. For models, check CSD.


David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG



On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 4:17 AM, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 11:32 AM, WereSpielChequers
> <werespielchequers at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> The idea is to test the speedy deletion process with articles that
>> shouldn't be speedy deleted.
>>
>> Links to several of the articles in the process and their fates have
>> been posted to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:WereSpielChequers/Newbie_treatment
>
> Hey, that's really cool. I've made my own lame newbie attempt to join
> the experiment. It's hard to write a convincing newbie stub article
> that you think deserves to exist, but could be dissed by a patroller
> acting in a hurry.
>
> Steve
>
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