[Wikipedia-l] Newbies (was: The v-word)

Mon Nov 25 16:13:04 UTC 2002

Pierre replied to Ed:

> > I would really like everyone to stop throwing around the word
> > "vandalism" except in the narrowly-described cases of:
> > * scribbling graffiti, like "Hi, I'm a newbie"
> > * deleting a page without explanation
> > * obvious obscenity
> 
> "Hi, I'm a newbie" is not vandalism. It's a newbie experiment. OTOH IMHO, 
> repeatedly changing Athens to Istanbul in [[Greece]] is vandalism, though it 
> is none of the above.
> 
> phma

You're right. I stand corrected.

Let's not even brand newbies who experiment with little bits of graffiti as "vandals". They're just pushing the buttons to see if they work.

We ought to make a concerted effort to encourage newbies to stick around and learn our ways. Any ideas?

Ed Poor