Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-35711173-20180919185900/@comment-5643552-20181108042007

Underscorre wrote:

I had a tangentially related (in its goal) idea I proposed to Cleric a few weeks ago, but he didn't respond. We could change the " IMPORTANT PLEASE READ " text which appears as you try to create a new page to tell users to use the writer's workshop? Currently it just talks about the visual editor, but I think it would be better put to use directing new users to think about the QS/workshop before they post. It's less extreme, and would not catch those who truly don't care, but for authors who actually want to write well, it would hopefully cause a few to think twice before posting straight away. And for the users who don't really need the workshop, it doesn't get in their way. It would be as simple as editing MediaWiki:Newarticletext. The newarticletext is outdated as hell, seeing as the visual editor isn't even a that much of a problem anymore. I also support changing it.

On the topic of this thread, I as this would just drive activity levels down even further and discourage new blood from joining the fold, which is the last thing this wiki needs right now.