HRWiki talk:Introduction

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Why is the "Experimental edits from our visitors..." section there? We already have a place for that. --Gafaddict 22:12, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

I'm wondering about that myself. It makes the page look bad. →FireBird

I agree. The first time I saw it on Recent Changes, I thought it was a troll edit. Maybe a link to The Sandbox would be better? --acekirby13|^{My Talk} 23:58, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

Yes, this page is bound for trolling unless protected. →FireBird

We're simply following the example of Wikipedia, but if a lot of people want to get rid of the "experimental edits" section, I have no problems with dumping it. However, I think it's a good way for newcomers to get that "I can edit any page" experience. It might be a little discouraging if there's a page that says "You can edit any page" and they can't edit that page. Does that make sense? — Joey (talk·edits) 17:20, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

I think a simple "You can edit this page as much as you want (in fact, you can edit any article!)" would be fine. Plus, it doesn't look very nice to have this nice introduction box and then all this jibberish at the bottom. →FireBird|_(Talk)

I agree, the Introduction page looks pretty bad with all that Sandbox crap. I think a link to Sandbox would suffice. Aurora the Homestar Coder 16:46, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

At the risk of starting a protect / unprotect war, I've unprotected this page and added a new header above the test edits. Again I would point you to Wikipedia's Introduction in support of keeping this page unprotected. I really think allowing users to make their first edit right here on this page is important to give them the feeling they are free here. Telling them they can edit any page and then not letting them edit this one seems a little counterintuitive. — Joey (talk·edits) 00:11, 15 Sep 2005 (UTC)