Timeline for We're rolling out a new "Quick Start" guide to help new users learn the basics
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| Jan 27, 2013 at 9:58 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by Yi Jiang | ||
| Jan 11, 2013 at 21:12 | history | edited | David FullertonStaffMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 | added 80 characters in body |
| Jan 11, 2013 at 2:52 | comment | added | jmort253 | @Rachel, I was 3 weeks into having my SO account when I hit meta, and the first thing I saw was a few questions massively downvoted to like -20 or something. It might even be a good idea to make it clear what voting means on the metas, because looking back on it, that was pretty scary. | |
| Jan 10, 2013 at 22:40 | comment | added | voretaq7 | @Rachel I think this is intended to replace /about -- I also agree that a link to /faq (somewhere) or blending the two so no content is lost is definitely a good idea. | |
| Jan 10, 2013 at 22:27 | comment | added | yannis | @Jaydles and Rachel: I think you are forgetting there's a 5 rep requirement to participate in per site Metas, brand new users (who the page is primarily for) have little use for Meta. | |
| Jan 10, 2013 at 17:56 | comment | added | Rachel | @Jaydles I was under the impression that this would replace the FAQ. If not then I think a link to the FAQ for more information would definitely be needed as well. Personally I don't associate "Frequently Asked Questions" with "Manual on how the site works", and I'm sure I'm not the only one :) | |
| Jan 10, 2013 at 17:52 | comment | added | Jaydles StaffMod | We considered this, and are still not totally ruling it out, but the truth is that for most new users, going to Meta may be more daunting than not knowing it exists. We looked at linking to the faq too, but our current take is that the best learning curve is to read the new "Quick Start", then try the things in it, THEN move on to the FAQ or Meta. But we'll keep an open mind - we were on the fence on this one. | |
| Jan 10, 2013 at 17:10 | history | answered | Rachel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |