User talk:SelfieCity/Tutorial

Guide for new editors

Swept in from the pub

I had an idea today that we could create a page with project page links organized for new users. This wouldn't be the same as the standard welcome message on talk pages, as it would take several different Wikivoyage project pages and arrange them from least advanced to most advanced. A new editor can go through each project page one by one, like a tutorial. I have created a start at User:SelfieCity/Tutorial that can be expanded and improved.

The idea is that we could link new users to this to aid them in learning how to contribute, and more importantly, become an informed member of our community. It's along the lines of ThunderingTyphoons! idea of having mentors, which never really got underway but did result in the creation of the Arrivals lounge. --Comment by Selfie City (talk | contributions) 14:28, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

Seems like just one more page to confuse people with an unclear hierarchy. The front page already has a bunch of links to WV:Plunge forward, WV:Arrivals lounge, WV:How to edit a page, etc. WV:Welcome and WV:About also point to quite a few pages.

I doubt too many people on any wiki read much of anything before they start trying to contribute. However, the problem here is that there are quite a few pages that are all cross-linked without much hierarchy. Maybe that just means we need to add a navigation sidebar to WV:Welcome and several other pages, so that alongside the wall of text there's a nice blue box to show that there are other pages worth looking at, and organize them into a sensible order. --Bigpeteb (talk) 16:40, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

My concern is that quite a few of our new editors start editing articles, hardly ever participate in any discussions, and often just fade away. We need some kind of route to making these people active in the community so they can hopefully become patrollers and administrators. --Comment by Selfie City (talk | contributions) 18:21, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

Hello

Have you heard about the Growth team work? They've created some small tools that help newcomers to make their first steps.

So far, 3 features are available:

• Help panel: allow newcomers to find help and ask questions while they edit.
• Welcome survey: learn what topics and types of edits newcomers are interested in.
• EditorJourney: learn what workflows newcomers go through on their first day.

A fourth feature will be available when those 3 are deployed: Newcomer homepage.

Those features have been developed for Wikipedias, but could work on your wiki. They would be a good addition to your tutorials. I let you browse those links and if you think it would work, please ping me back.

Best, Trizek (WMF) (talk) 19:10, 4 September 2019 (UTC)