####User story & summary:
As a newcomer, I want to make productive edits, so that my contribution is valued and not reverted.
As an experienced editor, I don't want newcomers to edit the same article again and again, because sometimes the article is in a good state but the maintenance template hasn't yet been removed. (Or perhaps the maintenance template is still applicable, but the newcomers simply don't yet have the knowledge to meaningfully improve the article).
####Background & research:
This task is important because:
- Experienced editors from multiple communities have suggested we consider an improvement to avoid situations [[ https://ru.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC-%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81&action=history | like this ]].
- User feedback: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:Ydiefxefrduyrhop "At a minimum, set up throttling, and limit newcomer tasks per article. There are 6.9 million of them, please don't send all the new editors to one article I am trying to maintain. Secondly, please do not send any newcomers to fix or add links that are not needed per the guideline, improperly formed, or piped when they should not be."
####Potential Solutions:
- If there are less than X suggestions of one task type, then don't suggest that task type to newcomers.
- If an article's last edit was a #newcomer-task, then remove it from the Suggested Edit task queue.
- If there are less than X of either "easy" task type, then start to surface "medium" task types.
- Other ideas...?
NOTE: Communities enable the "Add a link (Structured task)" via Special:CommunityConfiguration if the issue is mainly in relation to not having enough link suggestions available.
####Acceptance Criteria:
[] Document potential solutions to this problem
[] Discuss the pros and cons of various approaches (with Ambassadors and community)
[] Add a task/epic to address the problem