Wikipedia:WikiProject Policy and Guidelines/Suggestion Box
 | This page in a nutshell: This page is part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Policy and Guidelines, aimed at managing new suggestions. |
Listing: Suggestions are listed here for initial discussion. If your suggestion relates specifically to one particular policy or guideline, and is not a substantial change, it is best posted on the talk page of the relevant policy or guideline. Also check that your suggestion is not covered by Wikipedia:Perennial proposals.
Seconding: Suggestions may be seconded by any editor of good standing. Once a suggestion has been seconded, a third supporting editor may convert the suggestion to a proposal by listing it at Wikipedia:WikiProject Policy and Guidelines/Draft proposals and creating a proposal subpage, eg Wikipedia:WikiProject Policy and Guidelines/Draft proposals/brilliant new idea. The subpage should be linked from here.
Current suggestions
Example suggestion
Advantages
- Solves every problem you can think
Disadvantages
- Breaks everything
Previous Similar Proposals
- Unknown
Effect on other policies
- Complete rewrite
| Radicalness ( out of 10 ) | Ease of Implementation ( out of 10 ) | Editor Workload Impact ( -10 to +10 ) | Testability ( out of 10 ) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 1 | -10 | 1 |
Search Results - Article Creation Wizard
Assumption: many articles which end up speedy-deleted or AFDd are created by people searching for something, not finding anything, and clicking one of the two red links on the Search Result page to create the article. Proposal: Edit Wikimedia:Noexactmatch to recommend new users to use an Article Creation Wizard based on the Wikipedia:Articles_for_creation/Wizard, and provide the redlink (and links to relevant policy) for more experienced users. The new wizard could be located at WP:Article wizard (currently seemingly not in use, and the AfC wizard is much better). Draft of this new text here User:Rd232/Noexactmatch/Proposal. Issues: a) The new text could also link to Articles for Creation in addition to the new wizard (but we'd want to avoid overloading that, and the current AfC wizard is aimed at anonymous users) b) Suggestion is currently aimed at Wikimedia:Noexactmatch; there are other related messages 9eg MediaWiki:Newarticletext). In addition, the top redlink on Noexactmatch doesn't seem to be editable. So without a software change the new text would be in addition to this small redlink at the top. c) Alternatively the new text could be relegated to a new page linked from Noexactmatch; however I'm not sure how to include the appropriate redlink in this page for easy page creation. Probably this is doable! Rd232 talk 00:42, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
Advantages
- Guide new users through article creation process, at a particular point where they may be likely to start one; hence reduce unnecessary speedy deletion and AFD and produce better new articles.
Disadvantages
- If put on the Noexactmatch page, the text may be a bit much for casual searchers. (On the other hand, don't we want to encourage them to become editors, particularly via a friendly wizard?)
Previous Similar Proposals
- Unknown
Effect on other policies
- Reduction in speedy deletion and article deletion; possibly an increase at WP:AFC (if we link to that).
| Radicalness ( out of 10 ) | Ease of Implementation ( out of 10 ) | Editor Workload Impact ( -10 to +10 ) | Testability ( out of 10 ) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 3 | -7 | 1 (site-wide implementation via Mediawiki notice) |