User blog comment:Toughpigs/WikiStickies - new feature launching on My Home/@comment-473563-20091212031842

Danny, wrt Can you add a picture to this page?" group -  does the pool of pages take heed of those pages where such things as:
 * 1)   exist
 * 2) Image placeholder(s) exist
 * 3) An empty pair of gallery tags exist
 * 4) Some new special category tag exists (eg. Category:Illustrations wanted)

In other words so long as a wiki has at least 20 pages where such "queues" have been created by contributors then is it safe to assume that the carousel of 20 stikis is going to feature pages from within that set of 20 before featuring pages outside that set?

I suppose you could reason the same with the stub template. If A wiki community have at least 20 pages tagged with that template then will the invitation "Can you add information to:" only draw upon pages from within that pool of designated stub pages until that pool shrinks to fewer than 20 pages and only then go searching for other "qualifying" pages.

With regard to the "Can you start an article about:" invitation, other than the link count algorithm you already described I can't imagine any other algorithm to apply.


 * I guess the point I am wanting to make here is rather than an algorithm searching for pages that might need pictures or more text let the stiki carousel draw from pages that the community has already designated as needing picture(s) or more text. In this way those wiki communities which are using the various best known methods for soliciting contributions can view the Stiki as a tool that reinforces those methods rather than a tool trying to second-guess the community of contributors.
 * Trying to anticipate pages overlooked by the community may be important for those communities not using the recommended methods for soliciting contributions but it can be at odds with the efforts.of a community that is already doing the right thing in this area.