[WikiEN-l] Fwd: [Wikimediauk-l] Lum Hats in Paradise

[Charles Matthews]

On 22 May 2012 17:48, Carcharoth <carcharothwp at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 5/22/12, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Brian McNeil's productive work in Edinburgh. I particularly like the
>> idea of recruiting newbies at libraries - with all those lovely old
>> printed references right there to hand. Get those library computers
>> being used for more than webmail. This could work anywhere.
>
> You are not telling [me] that this isn't a perennial proposal? It's
> blindingly obvious. The issue is not recruiting newbies, but keeping
> them and getting them to understand how Wikipedia works, and then to
> be productive instead of getting sucked into the various drama-fests.

Would be time to discuss the "how", not just the "what", then. How to
get newcomers over initial hurdles. Just as with the issue of article
quality, there is a bit more to it than may seem at first sight.

Charles