On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 3:49 PM, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote:
> And it turns out the new editors often assume the templates are > completely bot-generated. > > That is: the editors using templates are, literally, failing the Turing > test. > > > > I know the solution is not > > to just stop using templates. > > > I think it should be given serious consideration. I realise why > Twinkle and Huggle exist, but they turn Wikipedia into a first-person > shooter with the newbies as the targets. I suggest that this is not > the sort of gamification that is useful. > If anyone wants to help work on these template-related issues, Maryana and I are still in the midst of work on this in a couple wikis... I don't want to flood the thread with a report on its status, but let me know if you want to join in our not-so-secret effort to make the current user talk template system more human. Steven _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
