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If anyone has ever seen the movie "Field of Dreams", you know that many times
the phrase "Build it and they will come" was heard by Kevin Costner, referring
to building a mysterious baseball field in the middle of his farm. Well, he
built it and they came. Now the same thing has happened in Whyville!
I popped into the Greek Theater the other day and was asked if I had visited the
Newbie Center. Since I'd just returned from vacation, I replied, "No, why?" Then
was told that it has finally opened!
Being a curious Whyvillian, this piqued my interest. I immediately ran off to
visit the long, long-awaited center. I got to share in the experience first hand
and left there very pleased.
In the Center, Whyvillians are able to ask all kinds of questions of a Helper,
even before they are able to chat! (The one on duty when I arrived was City
Worker scyllaCat.) What an awesome idea! You don't have to be a newbie to enter,
by the way.
What a great way to welcome new Whyvillians! ScyllaCat was asked several
different questions while I was there, and he did his best to answer what he
could. To those that he was unable to answer, he at least referred them to what
would be the best way to get their answer. Once it was my turn to get invited to
the question seat, I thanked scyllaCat for doing an awesome job serving Whyville
after he addressed my question.
Just a few things to remember:
1. The Newbie Center can only hold a few Whyvillians. This allows the helper to
focus on helping those that are there.
2. You must wait your turn to be invited to the question chair. This way the
helper only needs to concentrate on one conversation bubble.
3. When you are done or if you have no questions, please leave the center to
allow others to enter.
The one thing that I would like to see added is a sign-up sheet (as in
Oreobaby's Senate platform) for new Whyvillians to get together with an
experienced Whyvillian for longer-term help, assisting them on their way to
becoming familiar with the ways of Whyville. This way, an experienced Whyvillian
can adopt a little sister or brother to help grow into a successful Whyvillian
and help to make this site an even better place to visit.
Kudos to Whyville and the Newbie Center!
Respectfully submitted,
koalsie
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