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SeptimusHeap MOD (Edited uphill both ways)
2014-04-13 00:41:45

I note that a lof of people who get reported are for repeat offenders and those who don't want to improve after being asked.

There was a suggestion to expand the Natterfy button to cover several topics besides natter, but it's been asleep for a while.

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DracMonster Since: Jan, 2001
2014-04-13 10:03:36

A lot of these people are ignoring "Don't do that" warnings embedded right on the page they're editing. In some cases they delete the mod note.

I'd be all in favor of raising awareness, but like Sep said, a lot of these people are willfully blind until the mods personally smack the stupid out of them.

Edited by DracMonster
desdendelle (Sergeant)
2014-04-13 11:46:33

Yeah, but I've seen my share of confused newbies (I was one, too, though I didn't go far enough to merit a whack). Raising awareness is good, as is the suggestion Septimus mentioned.

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crazysamaritan MOD Since: Apr, 2010
2014-04-13 12:20:38

There's also sending the tropers a PM before reporting them, with the link to the article in question. I've found most tropers don't mind it, so long as you're friendly.

Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
StFan Since: Jan, 2001
2014-04-13 14:00:36

True. For example, I've been PM'ing plenty tropers who've recently added a wick to a work without the namespace when the Main/ redirect had already been deleted, to raise awareness to this problem. So far, I've only got positive responses, most thanking me for bringing this to their attention. (There was one troper who asked the why of this policy, which I responded to the best of my knowledge.)

AnoBakaDesu Since: Oct, 2013
2014-04-14 07:54:29

I don't know. Maybe send a mass PM redirecting to Administrivia.How To Write An Example and urge everyone to read it in its entirety? For the newly registered users, it should at least be the very first page they visit.

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FastEddie MOD Since: Apr, 2004
2014-04-14 19:38:15

There is a tech wishlist item underway to send first-time editors to page they need to click through to get to the article editor. That page will do what it can to lead the horse to water.

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