Imo, newbies do not really have to go through whitepaoers of various cryptocurrency, especially if they are not interested in them, for one they can give a false opinion about that particular coin and push the newbies to invest as they have limited knowledge, it can also be quite confusing and complicated (like the Bitcoin whitepaper)
When done properly, and aren't primarily pushing out some sort of agenda its a good starting place for introducing concepts that you aren't aware of, so would have never of thought of looking it up. So, although I agree that the Bitcoin whitepaper is definitely not beginner friendly, and almost assumes some sort of familiarity with cryptocurrency or computers at the very least. It does name the various concepts, and allows readers to cross reference from the whitepaper to find out more information about specific concepts. So, a whitepaper like the Bitcoin whitepaper is good for this purpose, but shouldn't be used as a learning resource on its own, as it would likely persuade people to give up for not understanding it.