[WikiEN-l] Flagged Revisions

[David Gerard]

2009/8/21 Jay Litwyn <brewhaha at freenet.edmonton.ab.ca>:
> "David Gerard" <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote in message

>> For the now-largely-abandoned article validation feature, here's a
>> suggested list:
>> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/En_validation_topics#Consolidated_plan
>> The list there is:

> The whole thing, methinks would be on a RATE tab. "What were you looking
> for?" is a search box with your current search in it.


Oooooh. Well spotted. Yes, the Special:Search page needs a "What were
you looking for, in detail?/Did you find it?" on it.


> I do not think anybody
> asks all of those questions unless they contribute. If they answer in the
> positive, then maybe a template should disappear. If they answer in the
> negative, then maybe it should appear. Of course, if they edit, that might
> be a quick way of learning which templates apply, so the user could place
> the template closer to where it belongs in an article, or just follow links
> in the template to directions on making improvements.


I'd expect here we're talking about a simple "rate this article"
clicky thing for readers who can't be bothered editing or are scared
to, but still want to make Wikipedia better somehow.

(As I noted on the linked page, making full data available to anyone
who wants it is a good idea, and absolutely appropriate as it's part
of working on the encyclopedia. That may even go as far as making full
contributor/IP data available just as article history is. Thinking
about it, though, that may discourage ratings - they're anonymous on
most sites.)


- d.