Risks section discussion
Fragment of a discussion from Proposal talk:A "be bold" campaign
I think you've made some really good points. We should gather information on common types of mistakes new editors make and create "in a nutshell" templates (and modify existing templates as you suggested) that can quickly and easily be used when a new editor makes a mistake based on this data. We should also make it easy for new editors to ask questions when the template isn't adequate and they don't understand what they did wrong. This can be something like the Wikipedia Help Desk but specializing in new users. I know there are helpful people on Wikipedia and things like barnstars and other recognition for this work would be nice.