In both Wikipedia and Open Source development environments, contributors have a task-driven reputation (they "are" what they "do" for improving parts of the system). Obtaining trust from more experienced participants is mainly what allows them to participate wider, with higher levels of responsibility.
Support In this case, newwies may need to prove their experience more heavily for program developing than for editing wiki pages --Esenabre 13:04, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
Comment I think most of the time I agree. Though I also think other factors like sponsorship (money, ...) play also a role in giving tasks (somehow MeeGo is associated right now, need to ponder more). ----Erkan Yilmaz 17:55, 19 January 2011 uses the Wikiversity:Chat
Support In this case, newwies may need to prove their experience more heavily for program developing than for editing wiki pages --Esenabre 13:04, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
Comment I think most of the time I agree. Though I also think other factors like sponsorship (money, ...) play also a role in giving tasks (somehow MeeGo is associated right now, need to ponder more). ----Erkan Yilmaz 17:55, 19 January 2011 uses the Wikiversity:Chat
I disagree because