That's the plan. Neil, this is a concern we've taken into account; we'll be
testing whether (for example) the presence of the feedback page adds 2,000
comments, but kills half of our anonymous edits, or whatever. If the harm
outweighs the benefits, we'll go back to the drawing board.
On 9 February 2012 10:38, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 9 February 2012 09:04,
<neil(a)thebabbages.com> wrote:
I guess my concern is that it may encourage
readers to type in
suggestions and take it no further rather than take the next
step and begin
editing themselves.
At present, the average reader doesn't even fix typos.
Definitely important to watch for any changes in
the rate of new editors
contributing. It also implicitly makes it "someone
else's problem" to fix
things compared to our current stock response of "if you see things that
could be better, fix it yourself. " I'm not saying this is intended but it
runs the risk of making projects look they have people exercising editorial
control.
If it's getting any increased reader participation in any way at all,
that's a big improvement over the present. Let's see how it works out.
(With numbers.)
- d.
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