I am looking for radical changes to the site design that could improve user involvement with the Wikipedia community.
2006-11-11 11:54:32 · 5 answers · asked by Graphix 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
G'day Graphix,
Thank you for your question.
I am an active participant and admin on Wikipedia. One of the most important issues is verifiabiility and ensuring we have sources for everything in the articles. It is improving although we have a far bit of work to go.
The other issue is developing stable articles so that visitors see articles without vandalism. I understand that the boffins are working on that as we speak.
I will be interested to see what others have to add.
Regards
2006-11-11 13:24:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's the site design you want to change, you could think about making it more obvious that users can edit. Many people don't realise this and the tiny [edit] tab is lost amongst dozens of other links in the interface and possibly hundreds of links in the article.
An alternative skin for newcomers would make a lot of sense since not everyone needs to see the advanced editing features straight away.
2006-11-12 02:58:42 · answer #2 · answered by Angela 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love wikipedia. It's a great reference for anything. Some people do not value it as much as an encyclopedia, maybe because don't trust the sources. A form of information verification would solidify wikipedia's reputation. I would suggest that people be able to vote "believe" or "don't believe", so a wiki with a higher percentage of "believes" be less disputable.
2006-11-11 12:04:46 · answer #3 · answered by patrarno 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By getting rid of the trapters!
2006-11-11 11:58:00 · answer #4 · answered by carolinefordssuperbragirl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have someone(s) verify all the information to be correct, (which much of it isn't).
2006-11-11 12:02:37 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋