User blog comment:Toughpigs/Standard new page layout -- looking for feedback/@comment-10370-20100420204301

Thanks for the information, guys. It's hard to figure out a good system that helps new people create new pages and new wikis without also tripping them up!

For example, the columns on the old main page look nice when the founder understands how they're set up, but they also caused a lot of problems for brand new founders. I saw lots of founders taking out one of the column tags, not realizing what it was, which created an unclosed-div problem that made part of the page disappear.

The more complex the system is, the more chances for an untrained user to make a mistake and get confused. But yes, I totally see Gourleyo's point that now the main pages look very bland and dull!

Chicken7, I'm really interested in what you said about new users creating better articles before they had a placeholder -- can you tell me some more about that? Is this on RuneScape Wiki? If people are putting new information above the pre-written text, is it the same that they would have added anyway, or do you think they're adding less?

I'll go check out some new contributors on RuneScape, and see if I can find examples of what you're talking about. If other folks have examples on the wiki you know best -- please post about them! I'd love to know the wiki that you're on, and maybe see an example of what kinds of pages people are creating.