Additional Ideas for Bookshelf Materials

Use this page to keep track of ideas for future Bookshelf materials

• Recruitment materials for Commons
  • Polish chapter has great demand for this because posting to Commons is an easier way to become a contributor than editing is
  • Video would be nice but too hard to localize; therefore screencasts are under consideration
  • Note that the current materials will have some messaging for Commons contributions

Note: Wikimedia Commons' user interface will be undergoing fundamental changes in the near future. See Multimedia Usability Project and the Blog posting about the kick-off meeting in Paris for further information.

• Recruitment materials for Wiktionary
  • Polish chapter has great demand for this

• Materials to persuade vandals to NOT vandalize
  • Provide link to these materials in the warning message they receive

• Materials to teach new contributors how to revert vandalism
  • Perhaps screencasts

• Welcoming new users
  • Essential piece for success
  • See Ideas for helping new contributors and its Talk page
  • Get Adopt A User working well
  • Leave a welcome greeting on new Users' pages with link to Bookshelf materials