Wiki 24 talk:Requested pages
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[edit] Recreating the intro
Many visitors come in and "ask for" a page, seemingly with the expectation that one of us will suddenly hash it together for them. The introduction doesn't do anything to diffuse this idea. Since wikis are a do-ocracy, not a free service where people write articles according to visitors' ideas, how would you guys feel if I rewrote the intro to the Req page. Something like: "thinking of creating a page, but unsure if your idea is policy-permissible? Need help finding facts about a prospective page you're working on? Post your ideas here, so the community can vet your plan and assist you." Currently the intro says almost nothing, which is basically an invitation for people to drop ideas, hope someone will do the work, lose interest within a matter of days, and we lose a possible contributor. Blue Rook talk contribs 01:24, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
- I agree totally. To be honest, I've never liked this page at all and never understood why it was even created. Wikis aren't places to commission work from others. And thanks for moving the page, by the way. I can't believe that got by us for so long. --Proudhug 06:29, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
- Just got around to doing the intro.. had forgotten about it for awhile there. I think the creator made this page because it was a "standard" new wiki page. Well, whatever the reason, at least the purpose has been properly upgraded with the new intro :) Blue Rook talk contribs 14:10, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
[edit] I don't understand...
How is this page different from the main page? Surely this is a misuse of the talk page. --SignorSimon (talk/contribs/email) 19:10, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
- Bump. --SignorSimon (talk/contribs/email) 00:23, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
You're right, Simon, this is totally a misuse of a talk page. This page is a meta-page about the Requested Pages [sic] article. Its purpose is to discuss how this page can be improved, etc. --Proudhug 03:57, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
- What's more, pretty much all the suggestions on this page are BS. Shall I just delete them, and from now on we use this page to talk about the main page, and keep the actual page with pending requests on?
- On a related note, do we archive unfulfilled requests? I don't think we do, but I keep deleting some from the main page and wanted to make sure it was the right thing to do. --SignorSimon (talk/contribs/email) 09:26, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
Be respectful if the newcomers and their suggestions :) They don't know the ropes. Yes, many of the ideas are certainly incompatible with our practices and/or policies, but the best thing to do is point out why, and then delete after a period. Blue Rook talk contribs 20:41, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
