I hope that my idea of the Article Feedback Desk will soon become an integral part of Wikipedia. I have three suggestions on how to help users find and identify with the Article Feedback Desk:

• Create a userbox "This user helps give feedback on the Article Feedback Desk" or something similar. Multiple userboxes are even better!
• Include links to the Article Feedback Desk on major Wikipedia pages such as Your First Article. For example, "Once you have written your article, you might let to get feedback on it at the Article Feedback Desk." I have added a link to the Article Feedback Desk from the New contributors' help page.
• Create a template for users who are seeking feedback on their article, which lists the article at the Article Feedback Desk. (I think users can improvise on my suggestion.)

--J.L.W.S. The Special One 08:04, 23 April 2006 (UTC) (creator of Article Feedback Desk)[reply]

There are many ways to contribute: adding facts, correcting typos, reverting vandalism, etc. There's now another way: read and give feedback on new articles!

For a start, why not give feedback on the Article Feedback Desk? Feedback on my idea and how to improvise it?

--J.L.W.S. The Special One 08:04, 23 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My two articles about Google Groups and Homerun were the first two articles to be posted for getting feedback, obviously because I started the Article Feedback Desk. However, they have failed to get any feedback, despite many articles below it getting good feedback. I have moved my two articles to the bottom to help them get feedback. Is this considered acceptable under Wikipedia policy?

--J.L.W.S. The Special One 08:04, 23 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think the Article Feedback Desk, as a new Wikipedia idea, is still not well known. How can we advertise it, to increase traffic, so more users will seek and give feedback here?

Are there any other ways by which we can get feedback on articles we write? Someone suggested that I go to the talk pages of articles on topics related to my article and post seeking feedback. I have done so for Google Groups[1], and have requested they answer at the Article Feedback Desk. Although this strategy has been mostly unsuccessful, I see it as a potential means of promoting the Article Feedback Desk, and will soon do this for Homerun.

--J.L.W.S. The Special One 08:04, 23 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am aware that the acronym AFD for Article Feedback Desk clashes with the more well-known Articles For Deletion. If someone is going to list his article on AfD, Wikipedians won't know which one he means! Could anyone suggest a better name?

--J.L.W.S. The Special One 08:04, 23 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]