[WikiEN-l] Who gets to flag? (BBC Newsnight tonight! re: flagged revs)

[Joseph Reagle]

On Tuesday 25 August 2009, Erik Moeller wrote:
> The FlaggedRevs extension has been used in many of our wikis,
> including the second-largest Wikipedia, for more than a year. However,
> contrary to what's been reported in some media, the community has had
> very thoughtful conversations about the ideal setup for en.wp, which
> isn't going to be the same as the one used for de.wp, and we want to
> make sure that the software properly supports it without causing
> confusion, especially in light of our general efforts to make
> Wikipedia easier to use and easier to contribute to.

In speaking to the press today, one of the things I believe I heard in an intro segment on a live radio discussion was that WP would have professional editors flagging trusted content. I didn't get a chance to correct that, and I know who gets to review is still up in the air to some extent [1], but that's a likely source of confusion to the public apparently.

[1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reviewers