User blog comment:Toughpigs/WikiStickies - new feature launching on My Home/@comment-10370-20091212062544

Like I said before -- the next phase of WikiStickies will be giving communities the ability to create their own stickies. For the first phase, we're using some data feeds to generate pages that can use some help.

The "stub" template has two big problems. First, it's not always clear why an article has been marked as a "stub" -- it's not specific enough, and doesn't explain what kind of help an article needs. Second, the template doesn't go away when the article is improved -- somebody needs to remember to go take it off the page, once it's good enough.

Our plan for phase 2 of WikiStickies is to give communities a new set of tools that will allow editors to create specific, targeted requests. Those stickies will be aggregated on My Home and on the WikiStickies special page. Once a request is answered, the sticky will disappear, so nobody has to worry about cleaning up after them.

So -- as I said above, what you're seeing right now is a trial run for a larger, more ambitious project. I'm happy to hear everyone's ideas for how it can be improved, and I hope that you guys can be patient with these early steps.

I also hope you guys are using the current WikiStickies to keep improving and building your wikis! If we see people using them and enjoying them now, then that gives us the motivation we need to keep working on phase 2.