[WikiEN-l] Article Landing Pages - functional prototype to test and comment on

[Charles Matthews]

On 11 March 2012 03:37, Oliver Keyes <okeyes at wikimedia.org> wrote:
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>  The reason we're starting off by seeing
> if we can improve quality and inform newbies with Special:NewPages rather
> than Special:RecentChanges is, firstly, because it's a lot easier to trial
> there (less stuff going on), and secondly because we'd been led to believe
> that in the eyes of the community, new pages can be a serious problem. One
> of the most vocal editors telling us this was an issue was you.
>
> To clarify, it might be a help to state what it is that is apparently
broken that you are trying to fix. If it is the existing low barrier to
article creation by one-and-all, it is worth pointing out that wiki systems
were designed to have such low barriers. If it is grumbling, it is worth
pointing out that grumbling is always with us. (And understanding what it
is you are trying to fix is surely a precondition to assessing any
prototype. No one owes it to you to do that rather than anything else with
their time.)

Charles