User:Sfrahm/Wikipedia culture

An attempt to improve the perception of Wikipedia culture for noobs.

Here's a concept... What if Wikipedia AfD tags were actually initially helpful, in regards to their timing, tone and content before becoming draconian in connotation and import? Something like - Thank You for your attempt to contribute to Wikipedia! Your valued contributions must meet certain criteria before they will be retained by Wikipedia and are subject to automatic open review by both human editors and robots. If you believe that you have received this message in error, please continue to edit and improve your article and do not despair. Please note, original works are not appropriate contributions here, as Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. Any contributions must have sufficient references.

The new note I see while creating this is a very good step in that direction. "You can also start your new article at Special:MyPage/Wikipedia culture. You can develop the article, with less risk of deletion, ask other editors to help work on it, and move it into "article space" when it is ready."