User blog comment:Banned In CP/Common Flaws in CP Writing/@comment-10502460-20180210033731/@comment-10502460-20180213043947

I think I disagree with you on how urgent the need is to get new users to read the advice pages. Most subpar articles are marked for review or deletion pretty quickly, and even if new users were required to read them many of them would still post bad stories just because they're creepypasta newbs and no amount of writing guides is going to make them all able to avoid newb mistakes. The SCP wiki has a system similar to what you are suggesting, with users being required to read (or at least check the box that says they read) several of their guides before they can register their account, and they have numerous other guides besides their required ones that they go out of their way to make highly visible. Yet despite this, they still get many bad pages on any given day because newbies are going to newb.

That said, it may be worth while to consider ways to get more users to read the writing guides. The talk page welcome message, which hasn't been changed in like five years, doesn't mention them. Changing that would be a start.

Also, maybe the admins could host some kind of collaborative writing guide project for experienced users to contribute to.