A Thought On Clamming People's Fears of Wiki Editing

[Tom Davies]

Hi :)
+1
It's a good plan! :)  I have also been there and done that.  It is not
ALWAYS effective immediately but it does sometimes lead people to
trying it out later when they think all the fuss has died down and
they can get on quietly.

Something else that seems to help is break-it-down.  Give people the
link to the page that shows recent changes on all pages.  That gives
them confidence that people are around to proof-read/review or at
least do  spot-checks.


Also there are 2 types of wiki-editors (at least when they start).
1st is good at content but hopeless with mark-up
2nd is good at (learning) mark-up but needs pages that have been
written by someone else

Doing the whole lot IS daunting but knowing the other type exists
takes a lot of that fear away.  It also helps if one of each sort can
be teamed-up in some way or if mentors are available.

I'd be happy to mentor someone if they only need an occasional nudge.
Probably best if people feel they can ask specific questions to the
relevant mailing list jic their mentor is not around.
Regards from
Tom :)








On 14 February 2014 08:22, Martin Dixon <mh.dixon at btinternet.com> wrote:
> +1 been there done that!  Also more pointers to which (pages) and what
> (needs to be done - yes I do know about tags) as part of the current
> wholesale efforts to assist in getting the right work to the right workers.
> My button worth, Martrin
>
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> Subject: A Thought On Clamming People's Fears of Wiki Editing
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> All,
>
> I was chatting with knome and slickymaster on an IRC channel and knome
> said that many people who want to edit a wiki page are scared to edit a
> wiki page or they fear that they lack the know-how of doing so.  My
> thought is that I think we should add a bit somewhere on the Community
> Help Wiki or our team page about the fact that we have wiki admins and
> rollbacks.  I think this may lessen the fear.
>
> My two cents.
>
> Thank you.
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