I wanted to start this page to give new contributors some initial tips on the software. Feel free to add new suggestions; remember to be welcoming! --(WT-en) Evan 21:30, 5 Apr 2004 (EDT)
default place for comments from newcomers
[edit source]- You are the most important resource Wikivoyage has. Please feel free to ask questions, make comments, request help, or anything else you need. Your knowledge makes Wikivoyage a better guide; your comments on our processes makes Wikivoyage a better project.
Please consider to give some single link for newcomers in this paragraph so it doesn't remain so dead-ended. What is the best place for a newcomer to leave his question if he doesn't know where to start? -- (WT-en) DenisYurkin 20:32, 20 Sep 2005 (EDT)
sitamarhi
[edit source]Moved to Sitamarhi. DO NOT copy other websites into Wikivoyage! (WT-en) Jpatokal 01:37, 31 May 2008 (EDT)
copying from wikipedia
[edit source]Is it ok to copy from wikipedia? I presume it's ok to use stuff from wikicommons? "Your contributions should be original work, created by you. Please don't copy text or images from other Web sites to Wikivoyage." Pluke (talk) 22:47, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
help?
[edit source]i want to jump into the action. please help me edit some stuff. thnx. Cactusflies22 (talk) 01:07, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
Reorganize
[edit source]A list of 19 numbered items is pretty intimidating. And while I'm not suggesting removing anything, I think this could certainly be regrouped into sections; there's advice here for what new contributors should do, brief lessons of how to edit a wiki, and guidance about content, all mixed up.
If anyone else has thoughts on reorganizing this, go ahead, but if not I'll take a stab at it. --Bigpeteb (talk) 19:25, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
- I just did a major re-org. Comment & improvements solicited. Pashley (talk) 19:44, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
- Bump. I think I moved it from disaster to decent, but other opinions & contributions would definitely still be useful. Pashley (talk) 22:36, 21 April 2025 (UTC)
New user problems
[edit source]The project certainly needs new users, especially in areas where our coverage is weak. On the other hand, new users often do various problematic things because they naturally are not familiar with local policies & conventions.
Overall, I think the old hands here do a reasonable job of correcting problems, welcoming people & pointing out issues, though there are times when some of the regulars need a reminder of Wikivoyage:Keep Wikivoyage fun and don't bite the newbies. I also think most new users do quite well at learning & adapting.
Are there ways we could improve this? We point new users to Wikivoyage:Tips for new contributors; does that need improvements (Wikivoyage_talk:Tips_for_new_contributors#Reorganize)? What about Template:Welcome? In particular, should the template text be shortened, deleting things that duplicate parts of the Tips page?
There are things we could do in software, but should we? Make the signup software display a link to Tips? Have the software that creates user pages automatically add the template? Have a bot that looks for empty "User talk:" pages & drops the template on them? Pashley (talk) 11:49, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
- Would you like to propose any specific edits? Ikan Kekek (talk) 12:27, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
- About making Special:CreateAccount display a link to Tips: How many of our first-time editors are creating a new account here? I believe that many of our contributors already have accounts from Wikipedia or Commons. WhatamIdoing (talk) 18:39, 20 April 2026 (UTC)