Yaroslav, I agree with the second part but disagree with the first part. I think there is still lots and lots of low-hanging fruit, but because we tightened up policies to only include new articles with links to digitized and paper sources, we demand higher skills of Wikipedian editors. The threshold of entry for editors has become higher, but certainly not difficult. I think we still need to explore ways to empower new editors to give them the feeling that their contributions are both valued and needed. Jane
On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 9:55 AM, Yaroslav M. Blanter <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2015-07-15 06:47, Pine W wrote: > >> I agree that finding correct, accurate, current, and NPOV information can >> be a challenging task, and media literacy is an important skill these >> days. >> Good research tasks today go beyond the goal of finding just any book, >> magazine, journal or webpage that asserts a certain fact. >> >> Pine >> _______________________________________________ >> > > And actually we are already at the stage where these skills become in > dispensable for anyone who wants to successfully contribute to Wikipedia. > With a very few exceptions (recent sporting results etc) all low-hanging > fruit is gone, and one needs to have access to digitized and paper sources, > have skills in understanding these sources, and often have some language > skills since many needed sources are not in English. > > Cheers > Yaroslav > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
