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'''Policy fallacy''' is the concept that when editors make clueless edits it's because the policy/guidelines aren't clear enough, and more words to them will improve things in the future (at best, they won't, at worst, they'll make things worse per [[WP:TLDR|too long.]] |
'''Policy fallacy''' is the concept that when editors make clueless edits it's because the policy/guidelines aren't clear enough, and more words to them will improve things in the future (at best, they won't, at worst, they'll make things worse per [[WP:TLDR|too long.]] |
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People just don't read everything on a webpage. <ref name="kollin"/><ref name="novick-ward"/> We are trained to do so by things like [[EULA|EULAs]] -- "I have clicked through hundreds of EULAs. I haven't read a single one. And neither have you."<ref name="costa" /> and banner ads. Instructions are read like "A billboard going by at 60 miles per hour"<ref name="krug" /> |
People just don't read everything on a webpage. <ref name="kollin"/><ref name="novick-ward"/> We are trained to do so by things like [[EULA|EULAs]] -- "I have clicked through hundreds of EULAs. I haven't read a single one. And neither have you."<ref name="costa" /> and banner ads.<ref name="nielsen"/> Instructions are read like "A billboard going by at 60 miles per hour"<ref name="krug" /> |
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The best we can do is make directions as clear and short as possible, and accept ''a priori'' that many Wikipedia users aren't going to read them, or read them well. To expect otherwise is to be ignorant of human nature. |
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{{cite web|url=http://www.nngroup.com/articles/fancy-formatting-looks-like-an-ad/|first=Jakob|last=Nielsen|date=4 Sep 2007|accessdate=28 Dec 2013|title=Fancy Formatting, Fancy Words = Looks Like a Promotion = Ignored |
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Revision as of 15:50, 28 December 2013
Policy fallacy is the concept that when editors make clueless edits it's because the policy/guidelines aren't clear enough, and more words to them will improve things in the future (at best, they won't, at worst, they'll make things worse per too long.
People just don't read everything on a webpage. [1][2] We are trained to do so by things like EULAs -- "I have clicked through hundreds of EULAs. I haven't read a single one. And neither have you."[3] and banner ads.[4] Instructions are read like "A billboard going by at 60 miles per hour"[5]
The best we can do is make directions as clear and short as possible, and accept a priori that many Wikipedia users aren't going to read them, or read them well. To expect otherwise is to be ignorant of human nature.
- ^ Kollin, Zoltan. "Myth #1: People read on the web". Retrieved 28 Dec 2013.
- ^ Novick, David G.; Ward, Karen. "Why people don't read the manual" (PDF). Retrieved 28 Dec 2013.
- ^ Costa, Dan (1 Jan 2008). "Jumping Through EULA Hoops". Retrieved 28 Dec 2013.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
nielsenwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Krug, Steve (2014). "Advanced Common Sense". Retrieved 28 Dec 2013.